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You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 51b317d9ab8da4fb78cce6508cd7d8348bacac87db2e0ec07b0b0bc9834d73b4. While MalwareBazaar tries to identify whether the sample provided is malicious or not, there is no guarantee that a sample in MalwareBazaar is malicious.

Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 11


Maldoc score: 63


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 51b317d9ab8da4fb78cce6508cd7d8348bacac87db2e0ec07b0b0bc9834d73b4
SHA3-384 hash: 897391ec2307db6291e158f53d327f2de47a48edcc3a4581a5eba9bdfb5678959851d1b9d4a2f648185ad21b53772a7f
SHA1 hash: f71fb57960fa70dabccaaefd6923534eeb43661d
MD5 hash: a0d9be2cf57f3829bdd9c0016f3ad3e4
humanhash: golf-quebec-earth-robin
File name:P10_Return_XLSM.xlsm
Download: download sample
File size:781'313 bytes
First seen:2026-09-07 17:39:45 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xlsm
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
ssdeep 12288:FLZHqjKOhTPQbjEFTOC03z5X/ESFfJ36SvjVxWX0Erd7edhcYx1BdZ:FLZcKqPujaTIDZESK8jEZ7mqYd
TLSH T168F423A6CA5D6978C76D7038D1680CE36D0CBA656152FD9D3290F89C0B2B4F70B4FA6C
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

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: 63
File Format is MS Excel 2007+
Container Format is OpenXML
Office document contains VBA Macros
Embedded Images

MalwareBazaar found the following images embedded in this file:

MD5 hashdc.creator# of relations
ce962e4c224659f5676af80f1ad42917USER13
96727a767e41d041e03c4eccf924479eUSER13
350cc44640f3636fbd2e4781d8384a04USER13
d62d83ad6bb9e15044016d0053a3ce69USER13
6f49a8fc9937d54e1400d626a514d217USER13
79c7f9b4406f754356dd44a2d1b10493USER13
68371bea104f7d95d767cf32588fb6b8USER13
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 88 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
A11864 bytesPROJECT
A2638 bytesPROJECTwm
A350098 bytesVBA/CSHA256
A4643045 bytesVBA/Module1
A525478 bytesVBA/Module2
A680369 bytesVBA/Module3
A71150 bytesVBA/Sheet1
A845664 bytesVBA/Sheet10
A91151 bytesVBA/Sheet11
A101151 bytesVBA/Sheet12
A1151808 bytesVBA/Sheet13
A1215495 bytesVBA/Sheet14
A1358898 bytesVBA/Sheet15
A1463680 bytesVBA/Sheet16
A155128 bytesVBA/Sheet17
A1632727 bytesVBA/Sheet18
A1715087 bytesVBA/Sheet19
A181150 bytesVBA/Sheet2
A191151 bytesVBA/Sheet20
A2015490 bytesVBA/Sheet21
A216279 bytesVBA/Sheet22
A221150 bytesVBA/Sheet3
A231150 bytesVBA/Sheet4
A2423161 bytesVBA/Sheet5
A251150 bytesVBA/Sheet6
A2651335 bytesVBA/Sheet7
A275770 bytesVBA/Sheet8
A2852745 bytesVBA/Sheet9
A2913829 bytesVBA/ThisWorkbook
A3031663 bytesVBA/_VBA_PROJECT
A3141021 bytesVBA/__SRP_0
A322901 bytesVBA/__SRP_1
A3330532 bytesVBA/__SRP_10
A34157 bytesVBA/__SRP_11
A35528 bytesVBA/__SRP_12
A36231 bytesVBA/__SRP_13
A37600 bytesVBA/__SRP_14
A38341 bytesVBA/__SRP_15
A39528 bytesVBA/__SRP_16
A40231 bytesVBA/__SRP_17
A412676 bytesVBA/__SRP_18
A42157 bytesVBA/__SRP_19
A43384 bytesVBA/__SRP_1a
A44157 bytesVBA/__SRP_1b
A45528 bytesVBA/__SRP_1c
A46231 bytesVBA/__SRP_1d
A4721260 bytesVBA/__SRP_1e
A48199 bytesVBA/__SRP_1f
A492446 bytesVBA/__SRP_2
A504572 bytesVBA/__SRP_20
A51476 bytesVBA/__SRP_21
A52228 bytesVBA/__SRP_22
A5366 bytesVBA/__SRP_23
A54228 bytesVBA/__SRP_24
A5566 bytesVBA/__SRP_25
A56228 bytesVBA/__SRP_26
A5766 bytesVBA/__SRP_27
A58228 bytesVBA/__SRP_28
A5966 bytesVBA/__SRP_29
A60228 bytesVBA/__SRP_2a
A6166 bytesVBA/__SRP_2b
A62228 bytesVBA/__SRP_2c
A6366 bytesVBA/__SRP_2d
A64228 bytesVBA/__SRP_2e
A6566 bytesVBA/__SRP_2f
A66501 bytesVBA/__SRP_3
A6723232 bytesVBA/__SRP_30
A68166 bytesVBA/__SRP_31
A692064 bytesVBA/__SRP_32
A70174 bytesVBA/__SRP_33
A71228 bytesVBA/__SRP_34
A7266 bytesVBA/__SRP_35
A737242 bytesVBA/__SRP_36
A74861 bytesVBA/__SRP_37
A7527084 bytesVBA/__SRP_4
A761177 bytesVBA/__SRP_5
A7774972 bytesVBA/__SRP_6
A7810479 bytesVBA/__SRP_7
A7921016 bytesVBA/__SRP_8
A80157 bytesVBA/__SRP_9
A81528 bytesVBA/__SRP_a
A82231 bytesVBA/__SRP_b
A83384 bytesVBA/__SRP_c
A84157 bytesVBA/__SRP_d
A8530288 bytesVBA/__SRP_e
A86157 bytesVBA/__SRP_f
A871193 bytesVBA/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
AutoExecWorkbook_OpenRuns when the Excel Workbook is opened
AutoExecWorkbook_ActivateRuns when the Excel Workbook is opened
AutoExecWorkbook_BeforeCloseRuns when the Excel Workbook is closed
AutoExecWorksheet_ChangeRuns when the file is opened and ActiveXobjects trigger events
Hex StringesT650A7354
Hex String3UD233554432
Hex String3UD133554431
IOC7z.exeExecutable file name
IOChttp://www.frez.co.ukURL
Stringcode and P-code are different, this may havebeen used to hide malicious code
SuspiciousCopyHereMay copy a file
SuspiciousKillMay delete a file
SuspiciousCreateTextFileMay create a text file
SuspiciousShellMay run an executable file or a systemcommand
SuspiciousvbNormalMay run an executable file or a systemcommand
SuspiciousvbHideMay run an executable file or a systemcommand
SuspiciousWscript.ShellMay run an executable file or a systemcommand
SuspiciousCreateMay execute file or a system command throughWMI
SuspiciousFileCopyMay copy a file
SuspiciousActiveWorkbook.SaveAsMay save the current workbook
SuspiciousCreateObjectMay create an OLE object
SuspiciousGetObjectMay get an OLE object with a running instance
SuspiciousShell.ApplicationMay run an application (if combined withCreateObject)
SuspiciousWindowsMay enumerate application windows (ifcombined with Shell.Application object)
SuspiciousLibMay run code from a DLL
SuspiciousChrMay attempt to obfuscate specific strings(use option --deobf to deobfuscate)
SuspiciousXorMay attempt to obfuscate specific strings(use option --deobf to deobfuscate)
SuspiciousRegReadMay read registry keys
SuspiciousSystemMay run an executable file or a systemcommand on a Mac (if combined withlibc.dylib)
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may beused to obfuscate strings (option --decode tosee all)
SuspiciousBase64 StringsBase64-encoded strings were detected, may beused to obfuscate strings (option --decode tosee all)
SuspiciousbinaryMay read or write a binary file (if combinedwith Open)
SuspiciousOutputMay write to a file (if combined with Open)
SuspiciousputMay write to a file (if combined with Open)
SuspiciousWriteMay write to a file (if combined with Open)
SuspiciousOpenMay open a file
SuspiciousMkDirMay create a directory

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
129
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
xlsm
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-09-07 18:12:31 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
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Excel File with Macro
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Msoffice/malicious_confidence_100%
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
/10
Score Malicious:
%
Score Benign:
1%
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
Detected evasive VBA macro (filename check)
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 hexadecimal encoded strings
Document contains an embedded VBA with many string operations indicating source code obfuscation
Document contains VBA stomped code (only p-code) potentially bypassing AV detection
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
3 match(es)
Tags:
ATT&CK T1564.007 Blacklist VBA COM Behavior Trace DeObfuscated Excel.sheet Malicious Malicious Document Obfuscated Office Document Scripting.FileSystemObject scripting.filesystemobject Shell.Application SOS: 0.29 SOS: 0.30 SOS: 0.31 SOS: 0.32 SOS: 0.33 SOS: 0.34 SOS: 0.35 SOS: 0.37 SOS: 0.38 SOS: 0.39 SOS: 0.40 SOS: 0.41 SOS: 0.44 SOS: 0.48 SOS: 0.49 System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1 System.Text.UTF8Encoding T1027 T1059.005 VBA Stomping VBScript Wscript.Shell
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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_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: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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