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You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 291b2ff7eedc145a06f6525e5ee6ecd06dbd906444ddfb47f81d0e2d9b1d8f75. While MalwareBazaar tries to identify whether the sample provided is malicious or not, there is no guarantee that a sample in MalwareBazaar is malicious.

Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 13


Maldoc score: 9


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 291b2ff7eedc145a06f6525e5ee6ecd06dbd906444ddfb47f81d0e2d9b1d8f75
SHA3-384 hash: 9a6cdf05dfd4ed181f0194be82de8e9e5b75826f698721a8947b8ed7f7f1f73862f27ae2dd4511e4179b6a4e742372b6
SHA1 hash: 39c8cb76e8deeec70f0b6cc8e1471c57aeff8964
MD5 hash: 3eab0276fbfef2175829e4622708d1c0
humanhash: music-leopard-alabama-robert
File name:FedExReceipt_8891073882.xls
Download: download sample
File size:1'221'120 bytes
First seen:2026-11-09 07:43:57 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 24576:g086eCvy0r2Cf1/rMXK5yMEEQMQh4ohJZaPE3guEPC7T:h8XUfST64BMQzJZeGT
TLSH T167450258EA4CFD5DE0B26BB1A74480A7408FDFDA4504500371EC77DB1BF0EA2A6B1B69
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 ni_fi_701
Tags:cve-2017-0199 xls

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 id
Maldoc score: 9
Application name is Microsoft Excel
File Format is MS Excel 97-2003
Container Format is OLE
Office document is in encrypted
Office document contains VBA Macros
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 14 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3200 bytesSummaryInformation
41175188 bytesMBD0137FBEF/Ole10Native
51126 bytesMBD0137FBF0/Ole
621239 bytesWorkbook
7525 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
8104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
9977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
10977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
11977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
12985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
132644 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
14553 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/dir
OLE vba

MalwareBazaar was able to extract and deobfuscate VBA script(s) the following information from OLE objects embedded in this file using olevba:

TypeKeywordDescription
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may beused to obfuscate strings (option --decode tosee all)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
58
Origin country :
AT AT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
xls
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-11-09 11:34:03 UTC
Tags:
ole-embedded phish-ml-xls

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Legit
File type:
application/vnd.ms-excel
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
False
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating synchronization primitives
Creating a window
Deleting a recently created file
Sending a custom TCP request
Connection attempt by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending an HTTP GET request
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
http://015353712157/97rPNPKjiWjL?3Unz
Embedded Ole
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Gathering data
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Can execute remotely fetched PowerShell invisibly
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Suspicious Microsoft Office Child Process
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Gathering data
Threat name:
Document-Excel.Exploit.CVE-2017-0199
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-11-09 04:36:16 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
301
AV detection:
9 of 36 (25.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
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
Malware Family:
n/a
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
stealer
YARA:
exploit_ole_package_manager Contains_VBA_macro_code office_document_vba Office_Document_with_VBA_Project
Malware Family:
cve170199
Malicious:
True
Tags:
cve-2017-0199 exploit xls
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:exploit_any_poppopret
Author:Jeff White [karttoon@gmail.com] @noottrak
Description:Identify POP -> POP -> RET opcodes for quick ROP Gadget creation in target binaries.
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:MULTI_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_57b77e4a_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (archive, etat extrait)
Rule name:MULTI_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_e38c53ae_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (archive, etat extrait)
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
Author:Mustafa Bakhit
Description:Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.
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.

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