Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f9a0d5356ef03d7…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b6117dad62c836a01784ee4f816eafdc SHA-1: 320723793d36b53a0d782540b8a71e9a19897bd8 SHA-256: 8f9a0d5356ef03d7e151db3ba5642011834caf64c43ade5f57a75c3c00738e90
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 indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The detection name suggests it is delivered via an Excel document, likely exploiting macro execution to download and run a malicious payload. The primary technique observed is the use of a malicious document to initiate the attack chain.

Heuristics 1

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