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MalwareBazaar Database

You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 88ce5e04d4fb0174d659e2d945f9077718ad643bbf32bffee16b2236364a4df4. 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


Maldoc score: 9


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 88ce5e04d4fb0174d659e2d945f9077718ad643bbf32bffee16b2236364a4df4
SHA3-384 hash: 171c93fac094f06aa4e5fd1f3c674af889275402bbf827d41e61ccbad47fb802e819df9813cf7d6137582b1f9b76114e
SHA1 hash: 14429db6efc656d2fef5b541aa06d31353bd2a59
MD5 hash: 2f1c96eba3a856288c370ddcdbe0aad8
humanhash: fish-leopard-chicken-hawaii
File name:hbl_DELIVERY_REQUEST.xls
Download: download sample
File size:798'208 bytes
First seen:2026-08-18 19:05:04 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-18 19:05:23 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 24576:RrizeJ86MZMC4I1rOmCXh9Ugfwv673RlT:RriqJ8LQYCvUg4v6tl
TLSH T17C052300FECADE1BC847C5388BD99DDBA999BD341F03D9873352B39E157952021E3A26
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 TomU
Tags: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: 9
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 15 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3200 bytesSummaryInformation
499 bytesMBD00D8B77E/CompObj
5396602 bytesMBD00D8B77E/Package
6910 bytesMBD00D8B77F/Ole
7380104 bytesWorkbook
8531 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
9104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
10977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
11977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
12977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
13985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
142644 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
15553 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 :
2
# of downloads :
164
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
backup-message-10.12.208.24_9045-2268212.zip
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-08-05 10:57:53 UTC
Tags:
attachments attc-doc arch-email

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
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
70%
Tags:
office macro micro
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Connection attempt by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
http://00000033070347037/44/dc_00940404094404004_file.pdf
Embedded Ole
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
evasive macros
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
10/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Moderately Suspicious Document Office Document PDF /OpenAction PDF Contains AutoAction Remote Template Injection T1221
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Egairtigado
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-04 11:31:26 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
46
AV detection:
14 of 36 (38.89%)
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 FindShellTrayWindow
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: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.

Malspam

Excel file xls 88ce5e04d4fb0174d659e2d945f9077718ad643bbf32bffee16b2236364a4df4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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