Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b38f13de8ee32ee…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 9c478f4a0b8174d63e503f95964ee814 SHA-1: d8f632c06c5641eef5fd883193d1d9a1089bc609 SHA-256: 8b38f13de8ee32ee3b688caa7cfbee1fd5836f5adbce67232d409a72a56611d4
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', a known Qbot variant. This indicates the Excel document's primary purpose is to act as a dropper for a malicious payload. The detection signature strongly suggests a Qbot family infection, likely delivered via a phishing attachment.

Heuristics 1

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