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You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 55178b4c5caa2903c7f09382479660dc7fcc77ff918b8ffb42a3048d322e1bcd. 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: 12


Maldoc score: 4


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 55178b4c5caa2903c7f09382479660dc7fcc77ff918b8ffb42a3048d322e1bcd
SHA3-384 hash: 18712f0abeda0ae4b66788bbeb873fa29685da9e99023d33ea9747429ff0e34b92ee41589bee18d7f2e7ed1bc0b67cba
SHA1 hash: af0470db50269f1e28da4b5a43f75bb9e0c2304f
MD5 hash: cb3192ed7cce14bbaf38106e473524e5
humanhash: happy-football-golf-ohio
File name:untitled 03-02-2025.xls
Download: download sample
Signature RemcosRAT
File size:1'207'296 bytes
First seen:2025-02-05 07:09:18 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 24576:VUqXFcjyuQtuHDZUhjyOzm6vadxCsjqxLbh:FXFmylcH6yWaasGNF
TLSH T17F45E1916B05CAC5C658C73C8CA18B612B31EE10DF32076B3374B72D6EB2E616F5758A
TrID 46.5% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (56500/1/4)
26.7% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (32500/1/3)
20.1% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (24500/1/2)
6.5% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Magika xls
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:cve-2017-0199 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: 4
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 29 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3200 bytesSummaryInformation
499 bytesMBD014CB68A/CompObj
59557 bytesMBD014CB68A/Package
6114 bytesMBD014CB68B/CompObj
7340 bytesMBD014CB68B/DocumentSummaryInformation
8200 bytesMBD014CB68B/SummaryInformation
9114 bytesMBD014CB68B/MBD003C2DC0/CompObj
1013157 bytesMBD014CB68B/MBD003C2DC0/Package
11114 bytesMBD014CB68B/MBD003C65A4/CompObj
12499004 bytesMBD014CB68B/MBD003C65A4/Package
13114 bytesMBD014CB68B/MBD003C73BA/CompObj
1480003 bytesMBD014CB68B/MBD003C73BA/Package
15114 bytesMBD014CB68B/MBD003C7F3A/CompObj
16268 bytesMBD014CB68B/MBD003C7F3A/DocumentSummaryInformation
17236 bytesMBD014CB68B/MBD003C7F3A/SummaryInformation
1822655 bytesMBD014CB68B/MBD003C7F3A/Workbook
19282791 bytesMBD014CB68B/Workbook
20536 bytesMBD014CB68C/Ole
21270478 bytesWorkbook
22535 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
23104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
24977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
25977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
26977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
27985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
282644 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
29553 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 be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
485
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Email information (16).txt
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-02-04 11:44:55 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
90.2%
Tags:
macro micro w97m
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Сreating synchronization primitives
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Connection attempt by exploiting the app vulnerability
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
https://loooooooooooooooooooog.com/G94vm
Embedded Ole
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
macros
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
3.7/10
Score Malicious:
37%
Score Benign:
63%
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Excel sheet contains many unusual embedded objects
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Document-Excel.Trojan.Remcos
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-02-05 02:41:11 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
166
AV detection:
15 of 38 (39.47%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
discovery
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
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Malware Family:
n/a
Verdict:
Unknown
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
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:Excel_Hidden_Macro_Sheet
Rule name:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
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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