Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbcf4f98b2246376…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: e8bee682afa8ef7e896207291e3d8348 SHA-1: 4f05dcca38fc63aa28d8d93a17a44fe29a9dc793 SHA-256: dbcf4f98b2246376f26cac65751752750f8ee38844c076ae06a7e7aa90c85e55
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 is a Qbot variant designed to deliver a secondary payload. The Excel format suggests a phishing lure, likely involving social engineering to trick the user into enabling macros or opening a malicious attachment. The primary IOC is the file's SHA256 hash.

Heuristics 1

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