Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9bf95b788bb33ec…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c5ed036a20d76dbe3654c1f3749f39ff SHA-1: 2a1dec1aa96fe39b31944412c5224664d28040be SHA-256: d9bf95b788bb33eccb95eecbf9163a22ad5191f20ff12cdd432da5260cdab5d9
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

Static analysis identified the file as a malicious Excel document. The CLAMAV_DETECTION heuristic specifically names it as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting a Qbot family infection. This type of document typically uses social engineering to trick the user into enabling macros, which then download and execute the Qbot malware.

Heuristics 1

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