Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 865ec21335e1bb03…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 34cfc4a489142a7429beb56da778bd01 SHA-1: 3867aee1ac4ab16096729e7a5bee97e9cd6ae262 SHA-256: 865ec21335e1bb030a16f3c6df51f739611bfd2a1ec13ec08520d68cb275540a
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary function is to execute a secondary payload, likely through macro execution or exploiting a vulnerability within the Excel application. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator of compromise.

Heuristics 1

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