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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 16


Maldoc score: 22


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 18 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5c986020e2e9b52e7e6a3074aa8aa4729ccbf00f02208df7af17827403f15127
SHA3-384 hash: 936fcaf60e1d3e94e8b2b73c31c1af645ad195f23440e2a460dc87ac82500c9b48b5937b96647eecdedbeb6693a04004
SHA1 hash: 653bbac89e2cecd8ee2998c1c8deecc30bc3b205
MD5 hash: 7ab63946aa2ff2526dd99249ccf906be
humanhash: berlin-oranges-virginia-skylark
File name:aa.xlsm
Download: download sample
File size:252'714 bytes
First seen:2026-10-07 10:02:01 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xlsm
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
ssdeep 6144:CiFsnCLAN2QPi9maPFEGeciVq2DOGBN/gxExwUEdXDIe:zFsCLJ7jqGeJlDbBN/g2G9dX9
TLSH T1C8341208A9AB1D87EC0D717AA60F667F340CF4498960D61BA270A9F817BB3D730DF945
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 smica83
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: 22
File Format is MS Excel 2007+
Container Format is OpenXML
Office document contains VBA Macros
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 11 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
A1428 bytesPROJECT
A271 bytesPROJECTwm
A32968 bytesVBA/BualmaKitab
A4991 bytesVBA/Sayfa1
A52624 bytesVBA/_VBA_PROJECT
A61609 bytesVBA/__SRP_0
A7182 bytesVBA/__SRP_1
A8864 bytesVBA/__SRP_2
A9156 bytesVBA/__SRP_3
A10542 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_ActivateRuns when the Excel Workbook is opened
IOCClient.exeExecutable file name
SuspiciousEnvironMay read system environment variables
SuspiciousOpenMay open a file
SuspiciousWriteMay write to a file (if combined with Open)
SuspiciousPutMay write to a file (if combined with Open)
SuspiciousShellMay run an executable file or a systemcommand
SuspiciousMkDirMay create a directory
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)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
220
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
xlsm
Verdict:
Suspicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-07 10:05:12 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
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Tags:
office macro micro
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Launching a service
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP POST request
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Excel File with Macro
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
dropper evasive macros macros-on-open obfuscated
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
/10
Score Malicious:
%
Score Benign:
1%
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
xlsm
First seen:
2026-10-07T07:19:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-07T07:42:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
52 / 100
Signature
Sigma detected: Suspicious Binary In User Directory Spawned From Office Application
Sigma detected: Suspicious Microsoft Office Child Process
Tries to detect sandboxes / dynamic malware analysis system (Installed program check)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
3 match(es)
Tags:
ATT&CK T1564.007 Blacklist VBA Malicious Malicious Document Office Document VBA Stomping
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
Checks installed software on the system
Executes dropped EXE
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: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:TA505_Maldoc_21Nov_2
Author:Arkbird_SOLG
Description:invitation (1).xls
Reference:https://twitter.com/58_158_177_102/status/1197432303057637377
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.
Rule name:WIN_Malware_ACRStealer_ForgeAuto_1084c837_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects ACRStealer (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Fantom_ForgeAuto_98e6f354_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Fantom (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_PythonStealer_ForgeAuto_b24cb5bd
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects PythonStealer (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_2ffc3572
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_5001c94c
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_7e8e91c4
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

File information


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