Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a81de63e9928756…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 3d7b172f1ba87e3cac5324343c1f294e SHA-1: 520ccbba72cddd9fd101496f2f508c4fa6ea75b8 SHA-256: 3a81de63e9928756fd30a9c31f156ebe0e2d011b601d0d82c21442822caaf50a
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', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. The file type is an Excel spreadsheet, a common delivery mechanism for macro-based malware. The presence of this specific ClamAV signature provides high confidence in the Qbot family attribution and its role as a dropper.

Heuristics 1

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