Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f9c28829a6bbe97…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: fb98b825a4d2faf26cc52f6b179181c1 SHA-1: e2e06256f643cf2aca4efe0d9535da2e38bea008 SHA-256: 3f9c28829a6bbe9722f790593ab8ee6a3062eeebb8f8d887bfccd7ad86afec9d
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 its function as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The heuristic firing suggests the Excel file contains malicious macros or embedded code intended to download and execute a further stage. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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