Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f4fb4c9adfbe9ab…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 8cedfbe3aaf7df3103490f38edd10981 SHA-1: 8f5c3f684016ff0634f7627deca7dbb6b0a5f05e SHA-256: 4f4fb4c9adfbe9abf7e5a2e6a67ef3f6b7c4d15dcbc07c6f53bb593f1b90998f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 85%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0'. This heuristic strongly suggests the file is a Qbot dropper, a type of malware commonly distributed via malicious Office documents. The primary attack pattern involves tricking users into opening the document, which then likely executes a malicious payload.

Heuristics 1

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