Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 552983402a9ea726…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 2852b5fc2420e21fde3a3bd75584d078 SHA-1: 3683a3ab7e89219ec486f9a2a320feefddd5a177 SHA-256: 552983402a9ea726c4ccd6dde18e79c668e8cc57f43e02092113d7e234ce98fc
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 heuristic specifically names it as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop a secondary payload. The file's metadata indicates it was authored by Microsoft Excel, a common vector for macro-based malware.

Heuristics 1

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