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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4a43aacffc2d8d76f7abac729238779b6c99b10ee09f54c2cea1654a91561303
SHA3-384 hash: 1b3fd82f32cfc7a960067b9d852161c341b8300d2476b3879592cf2cc32c33a41fc65340d71eedb4133736684dfdc487
SHA1 hash: 1586d0c7da48856c960924715d734e3635b38e2c
MD5 hash: 445c1abbe9291bcb2bb1a954791d5648
humanhash: fish-shade-oklahoma-nebraska
File name:rm.docx
Download: download sample
File size:41'947 bytes
First seen:2026-10-20 14:11:19 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file doc
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
ssdeep 768:LhGshLXTRJb9ORjH4p4NxllNCiJv9PPB/5eP69eFFo:8sdTzA9YMBMid9nB/kCWi
TLSH T16F13D035DE007815C1A3CA3D71FE19D9F52C0686A23179062795D3DEEBE458B0F16E4B
TrID 53.6% (.DOCM) Word Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (with Macro) (52000/1/9)
24.2% (.DOCX) Word Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (23500/1/4)
18.0% (.ZIP) Open Packaging Conventions container (17500/1/4)
4.1% (.ZIP) ZIP compressed archive (4000/1)
Magika docx
Reporter smica83
Tags:APT28 doc dropper Hookedge

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
184
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
doc
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-10-20 14:42:52 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
File type:
application/octet-stream
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
False
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
office macro micro
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sending a custom TCP request
Launching a service
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Word File with Macro
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 evasive evasive explorer lolbin macros macros-on-open masquerade persistence schtasks taskkill timeout
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Msoffice/malicious_confidence_100%
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
10/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
docm
First seen:
2026-07-29T05:54:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-01T07:11:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Document contains an embedded VBA macro which may execute processes
Document contains an embedded VBA macro with suspicious strings
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to ADO stream file operations
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to WSH operations (process, registry, environment, or keystrokes)
Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Microsoft Office drops suspicious files
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
Sigma detected: File With Uncommon Extension Created By An Office Application
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1989424 Sample: rm.docx.doc Startdate: 20/10/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 36 us1.roaming1.live.com.akadns.net 2->36 38 roaming.svc.cloud.microsoft 2->38 40 5 other IPs or domains 2->40 50 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->50 52 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->52 54 Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros) 2->54 56 7 other signatures 2->56 9 WINWORD.EXE 153 114 2->9         started        14 explorer.exe 5 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 42 52.110.7.28, 443, 49714 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK-MicrosoftCorporationUS United States 9->42 44 52.110.7.8, 443, 49721 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK-MicrosoftCorporationUS United States 9->44 28 998a0cb9-b8b9-4d84-ac14-c84d1d26b480.vbs, ASCII 9->28 dropped 30 295cc716-9ad2-4ff0-b742-22156a32fbc7.xml, XML 9->30 dropped 32 295cc716-9ad2-4ff0-b742-22156a32fbc7.vbs, ASCII 9->32 dropped 34 2 other malicious files 9->34 dropped 60 Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files) 9->60 62 Microsoft Office drops suspicious files 9->62 16 explorer.exe 1 9->16         started        18 wscript.exe 1 14->18         started        file6 signatures7 process8 signatures9 46 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 18->46 48 WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script) 18->48 21 cmd.exe 1 18->21         started        process10 signatures11 58 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 21->58 24 conhost.exe 21->24         started        26 schtasks.exe 1 21->26         started        process12
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Blacklist VBA COM Behavior Trace DeObfuscated Obfuscated Office Document Scripting.FileSystemObject T1027 T1059.005 VBScript
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Trab28
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-31 08:56:52 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
41
AV detection:
17 of 38 (44.74%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
execution macro persistence
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies registry class
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Enumerates physical storage devices
Executes a command shell one-liner
Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
Checks computer location settings
Process spawned unexpected child process
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:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:JP_Lure_Content_Hunt
Author:sumeshi
Description:Hunts for files containing Japanese kana text or common Japanese lure terminology
Rule name:MULTI_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_4f67e0b3_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (archive, etat extrait)
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:SUSP_VBA_FileSystem_Access
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects suspicious VBA that writes to disk and is activated on document open
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:SUSP_VBA_FileSystem_Access_RID30A9
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious VBA that writes to disk and is activated on document open
Reference:Internal Research
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


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