Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8cbc1da53ee6c45…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: ab41fcb78610490dbec95090f61755c5 SHA-1: eb5c81b6392a69f1009d3feb2fd1dc93e9e006ce SHA-256: a8cbc1da53ee6c45f05d0fbf991e22a1d39a0f6bef7479e42b29918ba6000d81
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, strongly indicating it is a Qbot variant designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The Office (OOXML) file type suggests it was delivered as an attachment, likely via spearphishing. 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