Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a37229eb96cb0d89…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b29208daa13ab7894337851806f692b8 SHA-1: b102f0a28e9853e315fcf70bd524657ea5d1f210 SHA-256: a37229eb96cb0d89423a92c7d86b2d08aa2e14813ae18de27fb69ecde6c06d47
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The CLAMAV_DETECTION heuristic explicitly identifies this file as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting a Qbot family infection. As an Excel dropper, the primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into enabling macros to initiate a malicious download and execution chain. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary IOC.

Heuristics 1

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