Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 452b9c86ece2caca…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 282deeb93edf57676355bfeed359ea5a SHA-1: 7ea102a4ec8221abb40e89b8cac5cca12b5460d7 SHA-256: 452b9c86ece2cacac73ad21371f2c86e2875d4552254f1d3e2ea2890d03edee5
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. As an Excel document, it likely uses macro execution to download and run a subsequent stage. 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