Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e98b469bb7d1e06…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 5d465cae2f63903c54336c2d532ddc4e SHA-1: e868de0dc79ccf5d9786e0307e518086cb610648 SHA-256: 8e98b469bb7d1e06ef3b7fcafac41b8663b74014a0a60cb6acfa27d85467b856
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution

Static analysis identified the file as a malicious Excel document. The CLAMAV_DETECTION heuristic specifically flagged it as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting a Qbot family dropper. The primary function appears to be the execution of a secondary payload, a common tactic for Qbot.

Heuristics 1

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