Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35979f8a2e03554b…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 87735a34e9a0037048e8cc15a663d1dc SHA-1: 18103124797e010a918bb680b56d3e43c6db2388 SHA-256: 35979f8a2e03554be5f6c34e582f32ea36a52c6cb37dd403a6b8e70fb5fad434
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. As an Excel document, it likely employs social engineering to trick the user into enabling macros, which then execute to download and run a malicious payload. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator.

Heuristics 1

  • ClamAV: Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0