Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efd8b285d49a5f56…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 18e8f75b1871fd3568f91dc39de132d1 SHA-1: 300416c6462f0d5a80e12612c96a29a484e3bb0e SHA-256: efd8b285d49a5f5672c82a92ac4fa21f1a88db82fb491eab1580397150e04650
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution T1566 Phishing

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop and execute a malicious payload. The presence of macro-related heuristics further supports its role as a downloader. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator.

Heuristics 1

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