Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3a9c42aec49f405…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 80175a7652aff992306646d91fe25990 SHA-1: 4e373f57db737f6b084697a78c9ecaefab30a7e4 SHA-256: e3a9c42aec49f40565137217da3410a0d1cf44048db1d87064114cd393c94ae0
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves delivering a malicious payload via a Microsoft Excel document, likely through a phishing or social engineering lure. The presence of Qbot indicators strongly suggests the intent to download and execute further malicious stages.

Heuristics 1

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