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You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 53116434e0eaa0d143fa77c18e90d08b1c1ccd7b809810fd9fa9be8f56a68671. 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



RemcosRAT


Vendor detections: 13


Maldoc score: 854


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 53116434e0eaa0d143fa77c18e90d08b1c1ccd7b809810fd9fa9be8f56a68671
SHA3-384 hash: 38d69b2ce3852ffc90e338855cec9f04d374f23b75aec77b1875aec57e4ac47bc7e3a18dc9d4e0bf06ca79d2425d88d5
SHA1 hash: a7b698a24c0b304d9cbc54c43d65a59c62d57eff
MD5 hash: e2c5e69abc1598ec8b34505a28af06a8
humanhash: jersey-florida-fifteen-ack
File name:24C S9-LBL(G657A2).xls
Download: download sample
Signature RemcosRAT
File size:208'896 bytes
First seen:2026-08-06 06:04:41 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 6144:oZ+RwPONXoRjZ7SezmfDlavx+aCChyKPd7vCMjCp/9EQTrAH3UNq:7KPdTupRTrAXUw
TLSH T1C614BE02FF959421D94103350BE3B2D2EB29FC2B9E1A4E0E2785773E6D77691D832E16
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 abuse_ch
Tags:RemcosRAT 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: 854
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 17 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3200 bytesSummaryInformation
4114 bytesMBD002429AD/CompObj
5220 bytesMBD002429AD/DocumentSummaryInformation
6132 bytesMBD002429AD/SummaryInformation
771677 bytesMBD002429AD/Workbook
8624 bytesMBD002429AE/Ole
9120264 bytesWorkbook
10527 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
11104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
12977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
13977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
14977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
15985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
162644 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
17553 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 :
1
# of downloads :
176
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
xls
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-08-06 06:11:13 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
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
DNS request
Сreating synchronization primitives
Connection attempt by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending an HTTP GET request
Sending a custom TCP request by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
http://0000000031413056534/70/alison.comtagcloud-computingutm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaignsi.html?id==533607792&utm_content=1351302511710659&utm_term=kwd-2336256051805637:loc-90&msclkid
Embedded Ole
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
evasive macros
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
10/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
xls
First seen:
2026-08-06T02:25:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-07T22:22:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
48 / 100
Signature
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Office Document
Threat name:
Document-Office.Trojan.Malgent
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-06 06:07:30 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
25
AV detection:
11 of 24 (45.83%)
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 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:Qbot
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Yara Rule to Detect Qbot
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.

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