Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db045e1e314dce7c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 8070a2d0c4e625ca92cdcddaf1ac6da4 SHA-1: e5776c744497ac62a71e06288855dd54663bd746 SHA-256: db045e1e314dce7c613e9f0bd15dc33d37173c19f21edc4f0da4959f55bc89f2
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, indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. While no document body or scripts were extracted, the heuristic firing strongly suggests the Excel file contains malicious content intended to download and execute a secondary payload, likely leveraging VBA macros or embedded objects. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator of compromise.

Heuristics 1

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