Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8237b3c399ed7631…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 1898ed4fd5bcbc556f28363bc6181e34 SHA-1: 9eba65fde320f97c8c7f8afdabfe84aae4433c23 SHA-256: 8237b3c399ed76312db4b24856ca12adc614ecdbeeb70ce3cbaf63ee767b1de9
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious Script

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. Its primary purpose is to deliver and execute a malicious payload, likely through macro execution within the Excel document. The detection name itself suggests a Qbot-related dropper embedded within an Office document.

Heuristics 1

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