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Database Entry
RemcosRAT
Vendor detections: 14
| SHA256 hash: | 168a8f539999c5aa8be06a620fdc7d0f9dc44ea28fc436218a1bb9fd04d273be |
|---|---|
| SHA3-384 hash: | e16786176a0ac66279e1dc6103098e3f89801a97cb4d3f9f3273b8b7a8ea23a34d1002fe4f2132c30c39c9e343fa1258 |
| SHA1 hash: | a5795db2ce82cf09fa67b8551eee6539943e54cf |
| MD5 hash: | f9d8154195f7557b910b97bef2df0c81 |
| humanhash: | dakota-seven-utah-solar |
| File name: | PO33202677.xla |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | RemcosRAT |
| File size: | 936'960 bytes |
| First seen: | 2026-03-03 15:00:20 UTC |
| Last seen: | 2026-03-03 15:36:13 UTC |
| File type: |  xlsx |
| MIME type: | application/vnd.ms-excel |
| ssdeep | 24576:ZX3kTPluu0VEYeSgYdzIsz6cZVQLbJ0s:9I9jnaBRIbcQLb |
| TLSH | T1F8152311E569BEAAE806033798C144996709BD22CB18911B6ECB370ED47FAF0B1DB53D |
| TrID | 34.9% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (32500/1/3) 30.1% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (28000/1/3) 26.3% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (24500/1/2) 8.6% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1) |
| Magika | xls |
| Reporter |  FXOLabs |
| Tags: | newangelnewlifenewhopeformoneygetrichbac-duckdns-org RemcosRAT xlsx |
Office OLE Information
This malware samples appears to be an Office document. The following table provides more information about this document using oletools and oledump.
OLE dump
MalwareBazaar was able to identify 15 sections in this file using oledump:
| Section ID | Section size | Section name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 114 bytes | CompObj |
| 2 | 244 bytes | DocumentSummaryInformation |
| 3 | 200 bytes | SummaryInformation |
| 4 | 99 bytes | MBD010265E6/CompObj |
| 5 | 579946 bytes | MBD010265E6/Package |
| 6 | 476 bytes | MBD010265E7/Ole |
| 7 | 335128 bytes | Workbook |
| 8 | 525 bytes | _VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT |
| 9 | 104 bytes | _VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm |
| 10 | 977 bytes | _VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1 |
| 11 | 977 bytes | _VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2 |
| 12 | 977 bytes | _VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3 |
| 13 | 985 bytes | _VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook |
| 14 | 2644 bytes | _VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT |
| 15 | 553 bytes | _VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/dir |
Intelligence
File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
469
Origin country :
BRVendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
MSO
Details
MSO
extracted VBA Macros and, if observed, MS-OFORM variables/data are added to the knowledge base for usage in later parsing of the Macros
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_168a8f539999c5aa8be06a620fdc7d0f9dc44ea28fc436218a1bb9fd04d273be.xls
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-03-03 15:02:12 UTC
Tags:
n/a
Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Legit
File type:
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
False
Detection:
n/a
Verdict:
Clean
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
n/a
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Behaviour
Creating a window
DNS request
Сreating synchronization primitives
Connection attempt by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending an HTTP GET request
Sending a custom TCP request by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
http://000030000730355/1000000000000000000000000.php
Embedded Ole
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cve-2017-0199 exploit macros masquerade
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
CVE-2017-0199
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
10/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Result
Verdict:
SUSPICIOUS
Link:
Details
Document With Few Pages
Document contains between one and three pages of content. Most malicious documents are sparse in page count.
Document With Minimal Content
Document contains less than 1 kilobyte of semantic information.
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
xls
Detections:
Trojan-Downloader.Agent.HTTP.C&C HEUR:Trojan.OLE2.UrcBadur.genw HEUR:Trojan.MSOffice.Alien.gen
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
OFFICE
Gathering data
Detection:
remcos
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Trojan.OLE2.UrcBadur
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
10/10
Tags:
persistence ransomware
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Process spawned unexpected child process
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
YARA Signatures
MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.
| Rule name: | informational_win_ole_protected |
|---|---|
| Author: | Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak |
| Description: | Identify OLE Project protection within documents. |
| Rule name: | XLS_STRINGS |
|---|---|
| Author: | somedieyoungZZ |
| Description: | Detect Strings targeting Bangladesh |
File information
The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.
Malspam
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment
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