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Database Entry



KatzStealer


Vendor detections: 13


Maldoc score: 9


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments 1

SHA256 hash: 3203f327ebee42d85819785c99f8252ce193986635f736381070f3bb9ba66285
SHA3-384 hash: 7a8e8eb5623859fbaab0e6ef30375c6d972f6a39bb0ec2d2bc8d4c7ecff9c65ca6b734125c70f87e3d6c85428665f220
SHA1 hash: 6b1ae6de1bdf827eddb7fe16cd253754d74db7ff
MD5 hash: 99b99a2fdca05c5e2c825c14c207dc43
humanhash: lion-august-equal-west
File name:3203f327ebee42d85819785c99f8252ce193986635f736381070f3bb9ba66285.xls
Download: download sample
Signature KatzStealer
File size:738'304 bytes
First seen:2025-10-01 10:27:36 UTC
Last seen:2025-10-01 11:24:18 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 12288:zw5JQf7xWSuRPrOjxWy+fm+QMQaTvntShtPdL0lErvzg20EcVBxxS/6vfWsKa/j8:zA+f9yRCjP+hQfaTvnMBnrruB+sKBu
TLSH T178F42328F0DACA17D693C67218C945CB0869EC88EF26E70372C17B2E55797F14AD513B
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 JAMESWT_WT
Tags:172-96-140-131 c9cdziyhvp cve-2017-0199 KatzStealer 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 15 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3200 bytesSummaryInformation
499 bytesMBD00022DB3/CompObj
531644 bytesMBD00022DB3/Package
6668 bytesMBD00022DB4/Ole
7686114 bytesWorkbook
8535 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
9104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
10977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
11977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
12977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
13985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
142644 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
15553 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 :
2
# of downloads :
161
Origin country :
IT IT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
3203f327ebee42d85819785c99f8252ce193986635f736381070f3bb9ba66285.xls
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-10-01 10:28:07 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
trojan shell macro lien
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Connection attempt to an infection source by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending a TCP request to an infection source by exploiting the app vulnerability
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Сreating synchronization primitives
Sending a custom TCP request
Query of malicious DNS domain
Connection attempt by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
https://url.odds.team/bzqJPP
Embedded Ole
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
macros threat
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
10/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
xls
First seen:
2025-09-30T06:41:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-03T02:11:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10000
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Exploit.CVE-2017-0199
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-30 13:30:02 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
30
AV detection:
15 of 38 (39.47%)
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:
Suspicious
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:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
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.

Comments



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abuse.ch commented on 2025-10-01 15:04:29 UTC

Payload URL:
http://172.245.209.231/577/img__0909090908997878877676767676767000090000000.hta