Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f11358395f886285…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 280a538307b039cbeb1ba55ff804da9f SHA-1: 5d470c04e0192125e1b3d81b732f98b62b461a61 SHA-256: f11358395f88628551360b441bceeb4c1d838bd9f261da368c07d2f8e40633f9
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it functions as a dropper for the Qbot banking trojan. The detection name implies the document is intended to deliver a malicious payload, likely through macro execution, which is a common Qbot delivery vector. The file's metadata indicates it is an older Excel document, potentially exploiting legacy vulnerabilities or relying on social engineering.

Heuristics 1

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