Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be8b111cef61c80f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: da50b8334e8d2b8824dacc23fd2ab209 SHA-1: 6f11e87de9ae86afd189c87921cd558a7c5ca21d SHA-256: be8b111cef61c80f981933b341a4e58197595c3d945cd3fd4cb19a07f9005c0a
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its purpose is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload. The heuristic firing strongly suggests macro-based execution, a common technique for Qbot to infect systems. The file's structure and detection name point towards a typical Qbot distribution method.

Heuristics 1

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