Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 538da012c6b67bd0…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 9098beef8701b8d38476995300ec3f4f SHA-1: a99016a37e00590926494c492753256c6b9547ad SHA-256: 538da012c6b67bd0974a67518592d06efebf9846fa5c7ab5900539aa87c9792a
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

Static analysis identified the file as a malicious Excel document. The CLAMAV_DETECTION heuristic specifically names it as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot variant designed to drop further malicious payloads. The file's nature as an Office document suggests a phishing or social engineering vector.

Heuristics 1

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