Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52f721a035539160…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: d15465e9c4d3f7e4194d5ecdbfe6347d SHA-1: 7838334875c9008cd236c0ea139d0b63e3762517 SHA-256: 52f721a03553916097befb4b13508eae326df29a2afecbf7ea279205d34ca2ff
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 indicating its role as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The detection suggests the Excel file contains malicious macros or embedded objects intended to download and execute a further stage payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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