Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fad009f9f2e77a1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: d46380a5eb13c1066a13e54eea1895b9 SHA-1: 239ed4179bbbbd7405fd78c76ddc2fb90b055b1c SHA-256: 8fad009f9f2e77a16def3b4f37e4638793f2cdfe840461ffd96c7ff334f3127a
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. As an Excel document, it likely uses macro execution or an embedded exploit to download and run a subsequent stage. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator.

Heuristics 1

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