Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b38d56eadc424a78…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

24.8 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 080f5934dadf0856e7a996944f2b601b SHA-1: 594c93f62fba5ebffa367386c744456f98a2e503 SHA-256: b38d56eadc424a78f0d4fa822bec568ea32c72fbb1ffe648eea4fbeb221163b1
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its primary function is to deliver the Qbot malware. The heuristic firing strongly suggests malicious intent, likely involving macro execution to download and run the secondary payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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