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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 15


Maldoc score: 9


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5178ad95671ebee9b732e5a1fe8ed1df4ed243394d20afea9debbf2045882d91
SHA3-384 hash: 5c20081cfb63c74c78e5c5e81b15bc41608ca243e37f3680070dc4d204c8e095ed0ac420f4f1b1a6c44c1befdc8bb527
SHA1 hash: 0e1e9a02181b2a3c04d0fdf4131323a960ec697d
MD5 hash: 37bcd985c5292aa5239333508f042b19
humanhash: enemy-salami-solar-neptune
File name:RFQX-XPURCHASEXORDER_26090034_A1201.xls
Download: download sample
File size:843'776 bytes
First seen:2026-10-14 15:13:13 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-14 15:15:48 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 24576:KfDRY4dXCklqlTYLNAQD5i711OSYxUNbX:Keyq5myQD5if5iUd
TLSH T1FC052329FFE8DB6BF05369746789D1AB2218ECAB5E50C9431394731C88323B1F787949
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 TomU
Tags: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 bytesMBD00023589/CompObj
5546010 bytesMBD00023589/Package
61124 bytesMBD0002358A/Ole
7276109 bytesWorkbook
8525 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 :
4
# of downloads :
83
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
xls
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-10-14 16:08:38 UTC
Tags:
n/a

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
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
msexcel virus macro
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating synchronization primitives
Sending a custom TCP request
Connection attempt by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
http://0000015353167015/55/solutions.commanaged-it-servicesutm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign_id=524505221&utm_adgroup_id=1324914478517995&utm_term=Managed%252520IT&utm_content=&utm_devices.JpG/
Embedded Ole
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
evasive macros
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
10/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
xls
First seen:
2026-09-08T01:03:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-16T07:20:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10000
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
Creates processes via WMI
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Excel sheet contains many unusual embedded objects
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Potential PowerShell Command Line Obfuscation
Sigma detected: Suspicious Microsoft Office Child Process
Sigma detected: Suspicious MSHTA Child Process
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Suspicious powershell command line found
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
CVE-2017-0199 Office Document Remote Template Injection T1204 T1221
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Ravartar
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-08 09:45:35 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
70
AV detection:
12 of 23 (52.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
persistence ransomware
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
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: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: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.

Malspam

Excel file xls 5178ad95671ebee9b732e5a1fe8ed1df4ed243394d20afea9debbf2045882d91

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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