Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc1455865aceda2e…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 9b6855586a07ff7b1fcf98ec6d5fe5c3 SHA-1: e686efbd826844e1ca8e86ba09d8a7a232bd00cc SHA-256: bc1455865aceda2eeaf64d6e6270d4a3d65a2e97d90f3e08546bd5f611cb83d1
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. As an Excel document, it likely uses macro execution to download and run a subsequent stage. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator.

Heuristics 1

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