Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c5b7b183cedcb52…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 8442f59b78263d78e3cdbbb2171582c3 SHA-1: 376c40057610af7b21b9f0013cd418f0655fa054 SHA-256: 9c5b7b183cedcb52852f96e704d68f3f0c332b31894c2f8bf09789439ba2b3c3
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, strongly indicating a Qbot family infection. As an Excel document, it likely uses macro execution to download and run a secondary payload, a common tactic for Qbot droppers. 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