Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2f5b713e71930a8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7d7a5860cd49c3e0de81003b67326c7f SHA-1: b69aa2e3f11d51794ecb667f360aba4ea62faab4 SHA-256: a2f5b713e71930a8a1e64ce0a4f0f6492a79a24a9a85de456cc1e36733145041
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 leverages macro-based execution within an Excel spreadsheet to download and run a malicious payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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