Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3fede89217e8729…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f389bbf7acc485dcd8886ff47881aa88 SHA-1: af38dadee7fe76c003ba6236269a24e59108ea7c SHA-256: e3fede89217e8729f55e29f5d8906a2927896601a5a4332f63f3ddcc53c1db11
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution

The critical ClamAV heuristic identifies this XLSX file as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The file's purpose is to execute a malicious payload, likely downloaded from an external source, which is characteristic of Qbot's typical infection chains. 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