Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c28076c348844e9…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 8ddeef2b2646ed764e918d9f8df94613 SHA-1: ae9ed34f6f2ad1a1e90ae09587356f541e4b8a14 SHA-256: 8c28076c348844e94ccd172d987a524a1115d0db15e7d88c91ca3f6d10463089
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The file was detected by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into executing a malicious payload, likely through macro execution within the Excel file. 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