Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4be0e6e1dc80c729…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: ad466103627c97f611034499f58ef4ea SHA-1: 28f8a6b351eb23cfb3bfe138f2ee32a437870676 SHA-256: 4be0e6e1dc80c729d56c925938ea1094eb121dc630706462d8cbadd7fec2659b
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

Static analysis identified the file as an Excel spreadsheet with a critical ClamAV detection signature indicating it is a Qbot dropper. The detection name 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests the file's purpose is to download and execute the Qbot malware. No document body or scripts were extracted, but the heuristic is sufficient for a high-confidence assessment.

Heuristics 1

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