Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a76b38d9f52dd31…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 59b297cc2f8667dc2a6bec0c1bcb5484 SHA-1: 81b487af62784c625f6c1f51c8a79737481be851 SHA-256: 9a76b38d9f52dd31146f764ebcfcc08da48c04fc452c388a079967719cdc5209
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 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop and execute a malicious payload. The file's nature as an Excel document points towards a phishing or social engineering attack vector to trick users into enabling macros or interacting with the malicious content. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator of compromise.

Heuristics 1

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