Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b38e787796063fd…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a19550b1839d1afbc363352292658136 SHA-1: f031077323bfaa97224e0173aa24b0330adc58fe SHA-256: 8b38e787796063fd20ecd04c0ff1b5554f6592623f20ac3280d4f9f07750e9e3
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

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 name suggests it exploits a vulnerability or uses macros 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