Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53eef42db7d14b55…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 2bd3188a22af7bfd77fcb893d496e9e4 SHA-1: 4878babff406e8eab06b73d22c1accdb989418da SHA-256: 53eef42db7d14b559601b93b03d9af23ee7dfcf9f5d58a960ebda10d2f55af33
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 signature suggests it is designed to deliver a malicious payload, likely through macro execution within the Excel document. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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