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Metasploit


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 1c8e8efb28bc86ddce2049fbedf4a76b5c3a50f63ae49066f4e8d9efa5d8bbac
SHA3-384 hash: 092e70536ac0b58ec1b0f262795f5094b3dcdf2ee226ea725aa36e04ad5994bff9efa0770f36e27f334413d2a60acbff
SHA1 hash: 2306d004b3953ee790e2d4d6226345680d4e1b77
MD5 hash: a7dde5c63ee3f1b66a4a15af5390acb9
humanhash: cola-michigan-uranus-equal
File name:x64_payload.doc
Download: download sample
Signature Metasploit
File size:35'038 bytes
First seen:2026-02-22 18:17:19 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file doc
MIME type:application/octet-stream
ssdeep 768:q0HqguJBZ4Gb6NDOrnk9Vr1Wf8zIzbwvDiMl:znuJEZOLkb68UzEZl
TLSH T193F2E14EDA225430EAC343F0A596261DDE47D70DB18F9AA23D5375ECB0B7ACA1380BC4
TrID 46.5% (.TMDX/TMVX) SoftMaker TextMaker text Document (84519/2/13)
28.6% (.DOCM) Word Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (with Macro) (52000/1/9)
12.9% (.DOCX) Word Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (23500/1/4)
9.6% (.ZIP) Open Packaging Conventions container (17500/1/4)
2.2% (.ZIP) ZIP compressed archive (4000/1)
Magika docx
Reporter juroots
Tags:doc Metasploit

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 7 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
A1385 bytesPROJECT
A271 bytesPROJECTwm
A35871 bytesVBA/NewMacros
A41073 bytesVBA/ThisDocument
A54400 bytesVBA/_VBA_PROJECT
A6734 bytesVBA/dir

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
417
Origin country :
IL IL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
MSO
Details
MSO
extracted OLE packages, if they are present within the input OOXML document
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_1c8e8efb28bc86ddce2049fbedf4a76b5c3a50f63ae49066f4e8d9efa5d8bbac.zip
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-02-22 18:54:27 UTC
Tags:
macros macros-on-open

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.9%
Tags:
office macro micro
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Connection attempt
Launching cmd.exe command interpreter
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a process from a recently created file
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Word File with Macro
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
10/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Macro with Startup Hook
Detected macro logic that will automatically execute on document open. Most malware contains some execution hook.
Macro with File System Write
Detected macro logic that can write data to the file system.
Document With Minimal Content
Document contains less than 1 kilobyte of semantic information.
InQuest TF/IDF Classifier
An InQuest machine-learning model classified this macro as potentially malicious.
Metasploit Macro Exploit IOCs
Detected heuristics indicative of a Metasploit generated macro.
Macro Contains Suspicious String
Detected a macro with a suspicious string. Suspicious strings include privileged function calls, obfuscations, odd registry keys, etc...
Macro with DLL Reference
Detected macro logic that will load additional functionality from Dynamically Linked Libraries (DLLs). While not explicitly malicious, this is a common tactic for accessing APIs that are not otherwised exposed via Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
docm
Detections:
Trojan.Win64.CobaltStrike.gen Trojan.Win64.Shlem.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic PDM:Exploit.Win32.Generic Trojan.Win64.Shelma.b Trojan.Win64.Shelm.sb Trojan.MSOffice.Stratos.tmp HEUR:Trojan.Win64.Shelma.a Exploit.Win32.Dropper.sb Trojan-Dropper.MSOffice.SDrop.sb Trojan.Win32.Shelm.sb HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic HEUR:Trojan.Script.Agent.gen Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
3 match(es)
Tags:
ATT&CK T1564.007 Base64 Payload Blacklist VBA DeObfuscated Executable Malicious Malicious Document Obfuscated Office Document PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Scripting.FileSystemObject T1059.005 VBA Stomping VBScript WScript.Shell
Threat name:
Document-Word.Backdoor.Meterpreter
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-22 18:18:40 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
30
AV detection:
21 of 23 (91.30%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Executes dropped EXE
Malware family:
Metasploit
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:vbaproject_bin
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:{76 62 61 50 72 6f 6a 65 63 74 2e 62 69 6e} is hex for vbaproject.bin. Macros are often used by threat actors. Work in progress - Ran out of time

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Metasploit

Word file doc 1c8e8efb28bc86ddce2049fbedf4a76b5c3a50f63ae49066f4e8d9efa5d8bbac

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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