Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8a12c60e5151a97…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c033966a7d4e26666c5897dcb419ab28 SHA-1: c9d9d73372d7c8fe44c589d210b5fcb8e1f83af6 SHA-256: d8a12c60e5151a97c00315fe7b94c2d847382e61bb9ab74de5861c0d8f3b3b67
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 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 executes a 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