Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d0187b5d8e39998…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 214635244910a6e50ec37722f291a77f SHA-1: c2311cef2a18281140a65e93ee94d31eff3d02b3 SHA-256: 4d0187b5d8e399980c2715029662642565445a6f34ac84bd818a07ff0886132f
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 suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. The detection implies the Excel file contains malicious macros or embedded objects intended to download and execute a secondary stage payload, a common tactic for Qbot. 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