Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d2680e83fdecfa2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 30796e09834685acd458efcaba39d370 SHA-1: e5b02c2950ad5751839ec21d58fb07727ac7d8cb SHA-256: 8d2680e83fdecfa24b2145ac86e2d2868356a05d742c07b055785f36af974dd1
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution T1566 Phishing T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its primary function is to download and execute a malicious payload. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a Qbot family infection. This type of document typically relies on social engineering to trick users into enabling macros, which then initiate the download process.

Heuristics 1

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