Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0fe53963c36a5e0…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: e5c947b87dd9171b75d6fdfa32038448 SHA-1: c5908f0d94384e26ac4b96506cf8c3b0f21da770 SHA-256: a0fe53963c36a5e0aeb6ede45045c0f920ac1ca2651d591cf27adba47f77693d
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-based execution to download and run a malicious payload. 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