Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54ce1e585d95554e…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 80b5497944fd8df78795eefa2198e6d7 SHA-1: 040e704421dde347d19a4709d3a4e84782b12ccc SHA-256: 54ce1e585d95554e97d1ed681529acfe631406f10c2fc3109bb94eeee70c8e66
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 it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The detection signature suggests the Excel file contains malicious macros or embedded objects intended to download and execute a secondary payload. 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