Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8aec8cae64d95d99…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 969ce0dd9211d218e896d4cea44bd500 SHA-1: a3b00af97e9c416776cb10c44bec5e00f4ff6b87 SHA-256: 8aec8cae64d95d99352b1748fd1697f8b64c96fba495b80284ea49fdc38ccdaa
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 is a Qbot dropper. As an Excel document, it likely uses macro execution or an embedded exploit to download and run a secondary stage payload. The primary function is to deliver the Qbot malware.

Heuristics 1

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