Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f04f8314933b8054…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 33d57a128e48dc832bceeb0259075ef0 SHA-1: facf6319900362196a32b7b3925aeff16b439bb0 SHA-256: f04f8314933b8054e860fa58c26c50a59881dabc1aeec97666154d06dee0b61e
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. Its primary purpose is to deliver and execute a malicious payload, likely through macro execution or exploiting a vulnerability within the Excel application itself. The detection name suggests a common Qbot delivery method via Office documents.

Heuristics 1

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