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Database Entry
XWorm
Vendor detections: 16
Maldoc score: 32
| SHA256 hash: | 4db042001a8ed51a7b1a675820358bb2221b7e353b9194bdecfb9b780a3433ea |
|---|---|
| SHA3-384 hash: | 5423c2d19081184fffbc4c7e8d881c19427be94bd8801d6b1f2a0d4c6fa0a87c355fea1d1d542cd7e36d825866a374d0 |
| SHA1 hash: | 6802a6d0cc1a99652d879b65efe07fc57d67dc33 |
| MD5 hash: | 24779f6968918aa1b7573b85d2c6aa25 |
| humanhash: | two-king-washington-beer |
| File name: | Price list.xlsm |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | XWorm |
| File size: | 661'218 bytes |
| First seen: | 2026-07-06 08:28:48 UTC |
| Last seen: | Never |
| File type: |  xlsm |
| MIME type: | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet |
| ssdeep | 12288:w/5taQxMPzYkKD+18+GYIoLcsSA2G5m9mUiJErl9Lh5x6R1UsbyJDjZ:NHIa18lOyBGM9mUcErlT5x6oJDd |
| TLSH | T1A7E4238AB721694AD12273FEC0C8F0F0E5473CE65106EBD1E185C2D6A7F82B25715DAE |
| TrID | 42.4% (.XLAM) Excel Macro-enabled Open XML add-in (83500/1/13) 29.2% (.XLSM) Excel Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (with Macro) (57500/1/12) 17.3% (.XLSX) Excel Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (34000/1/7) 8.9% (.ZIP) Open Packaging Conventions container (17500/1/4) 2.0% (.ZIP) ZIP compressed archive (4000/1) |
| Magika | xlsx |
| Reporter |  abuse_ch |
| Tags: | xlsm xworm |
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: 32 |
| File Format is MS Excel 2007+ |
| Container Format is OpenXML |
| Office document contains VBA Macros |
OLE dump
MalwareBazaar was able to identify 12 sections in this file using oledump:
| Section ID | Section size | Section name |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | 464 bytes | PROJECT |
| A2 | 83 bytes | PROJECTwm |
| A3 | 991 bytes | VBA/Sheet1 |
| A4 | 991 bytes | VBA/Sheet2 |
| A5 | 5495 bytes | VBA/ThisWorkbook |
| A6 | 3012 bytes | VBA/_VBA_PROJECT |
| A7 | 1784 bytes | VBA/__SRP_0 |
| A8 | 265 bytes | VBA/__SRP_1 |
| A9 | 997 bytes | VBA/__SRP_2 |
| A10 | 398 bytes | VBA/__SRP_3 |
| A11 | 541 bytes | 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:
| Type | Keyword | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AutoExec | Workbook_Open | Runs when the Excel Workbook is opened |
| IOC | wscript.exe | Executable file name |
| Suspicious | expandenvironmentstrings | May read system environment variables |
| Suspicious | Open | May open a file |
| Suspicious | Write | May write to a file (if combined with Open) |
| Suspicious | ADODB.Stream | May create a text file |
| Suspicious | WriteText | May create a text file |
| Suspicious | SaveToFile | May create a text file |
| Suspicious | shell | May run an executable file or a systemcommand |
| Suspicious | wscript.shell | May run an executable file or a systemcommand |
| Suspicious | Run | May run an executable file or a systemcommand |
| Suspicious | CreateObject | May create an OLE object |
| Suspicious | Xor | May attempt to obfuscate specific strings(use option --deobf to deobfuscate) |
| Suspicious | Hex Strings | Hex-encoded strings were detected, may beused to obfuscate strings (option --decode tosee all) |
| Suspicious | Base64 Strings | Base64-encoded strings were detected, may beused to obfuscate strings (option --decode tosee all) |
Intelligence
File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
184
Origin country :
SEVendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
MSO
Details
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_4db042001a8ed51a7b1a675820358bb2221b7e353b9194bdecfb9b780a3433ea.zip
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-07-06 08:42:08 UTC
Tags:
macros macros-on-open ransomware
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
Detection:
n/a
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Tags:
autorun office macro micro
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Behaviour
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a file
Launching a process
Connection attempt to an infection source
Forced shutdown of a system process
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Query of malicious DNS domain
Creating a process from a recently created file
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 encrypted evasive lolbin macros macros-on-open obfuscated powershell wscript
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Msoffice/malicious_confidence_100%
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
/10
Score Malicious:
%
Score Benign:
1%
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
xlsm
First seen:
2026-07-06T04:08:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-07T17:15:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
HEUR:Trojan-Dropper.Script.Generic Trojan.Win32.InjectorNetT.s Trojan.MSOffice.Stratos.nome Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Dapato.sb HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Script.Generic Trojan-Downloader.MSOffice.SLoad.sb Trojan-Banker.MSIL.ClipBanker.sb Backdoor.Agent.TCP.C&C Trojan-Dropper.JS.SDrop.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan.MSIL.Crypt.sb Backdoor.MSIL.XWorm.c Trojan.MSOffice.SAgent.sb Trojan-Dropper.MSOffice.SDrop.sb HEUR:Worm.Script.Generic HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic Trojan.JS.SAgent.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb Trojan.MSIL.Dnoper.sb Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Injector.sb Backdoor.Win32.Androm.sb Trojan.MSOffice.Stratos.wsnt Trojan.MSOffice.Agent.sb
Result
Threat name:
XWorm
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
.NET source code contains very large array initializations
AI detected malicious Powershell script
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
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 (process start blacklist hit)
Found malware configuration
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office process queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Sigma detected: Suspicious Microsoft Office Child Process
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Suspicious execution chain found
Suspicious powershell command line found
Uses dynamic DNS services
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script)
Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)
Yara detected MSILLoadEncryptedAssembly
Yara detected Powershell decode and execute
Yara detected XWorm
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
OFFICE
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.XWORM
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Suschil
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-06 07:07:08 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
27
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Result
Malware family:
xworm
Score:
10/10
Tags:
family:xworm defense_evasion discovery execution macro persistence rat trojan
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Kills process with taskkill
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Checks computer location settings
Drops startup file
Executes dropped EXE
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Detect Xworm Payload
Family: Xworm
Process spawned unexpected child process
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
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: | informational_win_ole_protected |
|---|---|
| Author: | Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak |
| Description: | Identify OLE Project protection within documents. |
| Rule name: | TA505_Maldoc_21Nov_2 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Arkbird_SOLG |
| Description: | invitation (1).xls |
| Reference: | https://twitter.com/58_158_177_102/status/1197432303057637377 |
| Rule name: | TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE |
|---|---|
| Author: | CYFARE |
| Description: | Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments |
| Reference: | https://cyfare.net/ |
| 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 |
| 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. |
File information
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