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Database Entry



RemcosRAT


Vendor detections: 12


Maldoc score: 4


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2af536c9d85678994742e687d45a2edd2e0f7fa3a2fbdacd5ef2eb54f997c53f
SHA3-384 hash: c4e498efa92645f561c4b5b8b60d16755f72b94531c7ae8b6ac90f1761b4ece9af602e218c3bee4af25d9183c3a8aec3
SHA1 hash: 907ed7589bf52f0f3fe961523df398958e841cda
MD5 hash: 2555208f4f93baa03e026dec7d38b3f1
humanhash: freddie-bluebird-princess-may
File name:SWIFT COPY.xls
Download: download sample
Signature RemcosRAT
File size:1'196'032 bytes
First seen:2025-02-26 18:51:47 UTC
Last seen:2025-02-26 19:46:48 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 24576:8zisO97xupvnmjyQZZ3qc8tjQlVNbBWe1ej1n00Aj0S+:UO97cpvnmjyw6talVNXEZuYS+
TLSH T1AD45E0916715CB95C668C3388CE24A011B30EE01DF63076B33647A6E7EB6F716F8758A
TrID 46.5% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (56500/1/4)
26.7% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (32500/1/3)
20.1% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (24500/1/2)
6.5% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Magika xls
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:cve-2017-0199 RemcosRAT 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: 4
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 19 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3200 bytesSummaryInformation
4114 bytesMBD001B9CB9/CompObj
5340 bytesMBD001B9CB9/DocumentSummaryInformation
622692 bytesMBD001B9CB9/SummaryInformation
7114 bytesMBD001B9CB9/MBD001B8EC4/CompObj
818006 bytesMBD001B9CB9/MBD001B8EC4/Package
9647459 bytesMBD001B9CB9/Workbook
10464 bytesMBD001B9CBA/Ole
11481538 bytesWorkbook
12529 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
13104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
14977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
15977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
16977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
17985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
182644 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
19553 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 be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
546
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
SWIFT COPY.xls
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-02-26 18:52:32 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Connection attempt to an infection source by exploiting the app vulnerability
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Сreating synchronization primitives
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Query of malicious DNS domain
Connection attempt by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending a TCP request to an infection source by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
https://url.terryspace.io/X384GF
Embedded Ole
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
macros
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
10/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Excel sheet contains many unusual embedded objects
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Suspicious Microsoft Office Child Process
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Document-Excel.Exploit.CVE-2017-0199
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-02-26 09:39:00 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
37
AV detection:
13 of 38 (34.21%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
discovery
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
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Process spawned unexpected child process
Malware Family:
n/a
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
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:Excel_Hidden_Macro_Sheet
Rule name:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:Suspicious_Latam_MSI_and_ZIP_Files
Author:eremit4, P4nd3m1cb0y
Description:Detects suspicious .msi and .zip files used in Latam banking trojan campaigns.
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
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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