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You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 5501dec4aed51de2c33ca105f5897cbb73f4d65e32b239877a30db918c7c2fea. 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: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 5501dec4aed51de2c33ca105f5897cbb73f4d65e32b239877a30db918c7c2fea
SHA3-384 hash: 420033a4fec3e7f668f0f4d9bcd972da88bd972de7af0f28170372bd1fb8d9ac72a977fdf3b4a977036fbf58a88562e9
SHA1 hash: 5d4e84925cefa8e972b4283f7046243cae81cffc
MD5 hash: e362412b15c861b187fa0762ff5c5581
humanhash: skylark-timing-delaware-double
File name:e362412b15c861b187fa0762ff5c5581.xls
Download: download sample
File size:681'472 bytes
First seen:2026-03-05 19:05:11 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 12288:2X3GhNpuLccGf/X3GhNk7gZGThkTuM7IE2Kw+ljhorw:2XeuLc3XJ7g4k6M7IxKjlf
TLSH T104E41213A396BEDFEC0747765CC50881910FACA14B1D841B3982B35B597B2F3B6A276C
TrID 26.1% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (32500/1/3)
25.3% (.PPS/PPT) Microsoft PowerPoint document (31500/1/2)
22.4% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (28000/1/3)
19.6% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (24500/1/2)
6.4% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Magika xls
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CVE-2017-11882 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 dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 18 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3200 bytesSummaryInformation
499 bytesMBD00E8933A/CompObj
5234435 bytesMBD00E8933A/Package
699 bytesMBD00E8933B/CompObj
7234478 bytesMBD00E8933B/Package
81947 bytesMBD00E8933C/OlE10NaTiVe
920 bytesMBD00E8933C/Ole
10190826 bytesWorkbook
11525 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
12104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
13977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
14977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
15977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
16985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
172644 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
18553 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/dir

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
148
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
MSO
Details
MSO
extracted VBA Macros and, if observed, MS-OFORM variables/data are added to the knowledge base for usage in later parsing of the Macros
Link:
https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/f5f7c746-7bec-4da1-b3f8-3cc8b9987c8d/
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
e362412b15c861b187fa0762ff5c5581.xls
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-03-05 19:10:40 UTC
Tags:
n/a
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/21ccbd6c-80a0-4084-8cdd-590924b9895a

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
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/55743/
Detection(s):
Sanesecurity.Rogue.0hr.20221124-0821.MacroImg.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

Sanesecurity.Shelter.Malware.BadMacro.BadOleNatEquat.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

SecuriteInfo.com.Heur.21259.17575.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EQAndMisCasedOleNativeWasTheCaseThatTheyGaveMe.20200215.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=69a9d400e1f958bf668401b7
Tags:
phishing office micro virus
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Link:
https://app.docguard.net/5501dec4aed51de2c33ca105f5897cbb73f4d65e32b239877a30db918c7c2fea/results/dashboard
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
embedequation exploit macros shellcode
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/69a9d3fad967dbda74f08ab1/reports/3703306c-f6b6-4d1f-b087-6da948e5c52e/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
CVE-2017-11882
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/5501dec4aed51de2c33ca105f5897cbb73f4d65e32b239877a30db918c7c2fea
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
10/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Link:
https://www.malware.ai/gui/files/?id=38d84288-38bb-4d9e-89a3-787d11465357
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
xls
Detections:
Trojan-Downloader.MSOffice.SLoad.sb Trojan.Win32.Shelma.sb HEUR:Exploit.MSOffice.Generic Exploit.MSOffice.CVE-2017-11882.sb
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/5501dec4aed51de2c33ca105f5897cbb73f4d65e32b239877a30db918c7c2fea/results?tab=lookup
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad
Score:
76 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1879212
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Excel sheet contains many unusual embedded objects
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries memory information (via WMI often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive disk information (via WMI, Win32_DiskDrive, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive physical memory information (via WMI, Win32_PhysicalMemory, often done to detect virtual machines)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1879212 Sample: j2nZ2pGSY9.xls Startdate: 05/03/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 76 36 us1.roaming1.live.com.akadns.net 2->36 38 shed.dual-low.part-0012.t-0009.t-msedge.net 2->38 40 10 other IPs or domains 2->40 48 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->48 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->50 52 Excel sheet contains many unusual embedded objects 2->52 54 Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit) 2->54 8 EXCEL.EXE 187 61 2->8         started        12 EXCEL.EXE 18 59 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 42 13.107.213.40, 443, 49743, 49744 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCKUS United States 8->42 44 part-0012.t-0009.t-msedge.net 13.107.246.40, 443, 49724 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCKUS United States 8->44 46 52.110.2.144, 443, 49721 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCKUS United States 8->46 30 C:\Users\user\Desktop\j2nZ2pGSY9.xls (copy), Composite 8->30 dropped 14 backgroundTaskHost.exe 8->14         started        17 POWERPNT.EXE 7 24 8->17         started        20 POWERPNT.EXE 17 25 8->20         started        22 3 other processes 8->22 file6 process7 dnsIp8 56 Queries sensitive physical memory information (via WMI, Win32_PhysicalMemory, often done to detect virtual machines) 14->56 58 Queries sensitive disk information (via WMI, Win32_DiskDrive, often done to detect virtual machines) 14->58 60 Queries memory information (via WMI often done to detect virtual machines) 14->60 32 52.110.2.131, 443, 49748 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCKUS United States 17->32 24 ai.exe 17->24         started        34 52.110.2.200, 443, 49746 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCKUS United States 20->34 26 ai.exe 20->26         started        28 EXCEL.EXE 22->28         started        signatures9 process10
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
OFFICE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/5501dec4aed51de2c33ca105f5897cbb73f4d65e32b239877a30db918c7c2fea
Gathering data
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/5501dec4aed51de2c33ca105f5897cbb73f4d65e32b239877a30db918c7c2fea/
Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/5501dec4aed51de2c33ca105f5897cbb73f4d65e32b239877a30db918c7c2fea
Threat name:
Document-OLE.Exploit.CVE-2017-11882
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-03-03 08:29:02 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
170
AV detection:
14 of 36 (38.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=kua55rfo2uo6fqz4uec7lcl4xnz7jvs6gkzdtb32gdnzddd4f7va._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
persistence ransomware
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260305-xrq1paaw8s/
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
Create hunting rule
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:XLS_STRINGS
Create hunting rule
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.

Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/55743/

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