Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3bbba622d4eb4a2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c96d42eba46a76ec3b361171622e6e97 SHA-1: d6262c9540a93999bf2f21e4b125e21a452fffca SHA-256: b3bbba622d4eb4a2a0f3f4246c168e6fc2d100e60cee4c158352122b53ed4f34
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 primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then likely executes embedded macros to download and run a further stage payload. The detection name itself suggests a dropper functionality.

Heuristics 1

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