Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f18c4b6cfc1741e4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 48a4a9b49e8911bbd2de80be8909efd2 SHA-1: e7ae193d83d88ed06f31c7328e727a13c70825f1 SHA-256: f18c4b6cfc1741e4597cdff3a020128cbe1c12168abffe639f895b225a3b2297
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. This type of document typically relies on social engineering to trick users into enabling macros, which then execute malicious code to download and run a secondary payload. The detection signature strongly suggests a Qbot infection vector.

Heuristics 1

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