Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40eb7e8bc98686a6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 64a499c3c79b2d1748842b128ad3acf5 SHA-1: 40b7fa6d7e205936b258189e6857e331300a1d49 SHA-256: 40eb7e8bc98686a6f8c0cd2389dbe904bbe739c42cc72608403173f30c084713
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution T1566 Phishing

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop and execute a malicious payload. The file's nature as an Excel document further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector to trick users into opening it. 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