Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c3a2c2414029620…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 979ea30bd3bb1095b56953957e461ddd SHA-1: 88f531fc2067bb08600e04d6a7fc8f6d44bdbbbd SHA-256: 8c3a2c24140296207e639f8559bcc4808cd22d3be385537c3b9cde3fb8a6d54b
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 suggesting it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The presence of macro-related heuristics indicates it likely uses embedded VBA to execute a secondary payload, a common technique for Qbot distribution.

Heuristics 1

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