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Database Entry


Metasploit


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 9818172dd6c8550a50ba902ec59300f68f8caa8afcbd585d2d7a60353668159d
SHA3-384 hash: 93f52c4ee87ebeeae3cce71add5b3fdbd34e52466e691e92ca70ce77a51f3994c510ac70a9c6a4a11a3beb1c2780921a
SHA1 hash: 860b2a444665370cf63f5fe6e80d5e2c89f33b59
MD5 hash: c2db86b46eb27d46d7d710b707876ef1
humanhash: xray-white-island-steak
File name:patch_update.doc
Download: download sample
Signature Metasploit
Create hunting rule
File size:34'621 bytes
First seen:2026-02-22 18:15:07 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file doc
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
ssdeep 768:azQP+NAiJQucR7gWUU/410gPOL92m5Vti7e1o2H3Crps:am+WqQuctgdLmgYQWi7OXCls
TLSH T1AEF2D039DA9A7520D34BB37A20466DCEF9065E17D3FEB666369492CC8E028514703ACB
TrID 46.5% (.TMDX/TMVX) SoftMaker TextMaker text Document (84519/2/13)
28.6% (.DOCM) Word Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (with Macro) (52000/1/9)
12.9% (.DOCX) Word Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (23500/1/4)
9.6% (.ZIP) Open Packaging Conventions container (17500/1/4)
2.2% (.ZIP) ZIP compressed archive (4000/1)
Magika docx
Reporter juroots
Tags:doc Metasploit

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 7 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
A1385 bytesPROJECT
A271 bytesPROJECTwm
A35871 bytesVBA/NewMacros
A41073 bytesVBA/ThisDocument
A54400 bytesVBA/_VBA_PROJECT
A6734 bytesVBA/dir

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
101
Origin country :
IL IL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
MetaSploit MSO
Details
MetaSploit
a c2 socket address
MSO
embedded components extracted from core properties of the OOXML document
Link:
https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/79e53be1-29e5-44e3-b41c-a5c808d4223b/
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_9818172dd6c8550a50ba902ec59300f68f8caa8afcbd585d2d7a60353668159d.zip
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-02-22 18:23:24 UTC
Tags:
macros macros-on-open
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/afc2e9d7-9514-42cd-a934-b60fa9050b2f

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection(s):
SecuriteInfo.com.Generic-EXE.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

TwinWave.EvilDoc.DOCXRSTRGOOD.KERNEL32.200608B64.8.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

TwinWave.EvilDoc.DOCXRSTRGOOD.KERNEL32.200608B64.9.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

TwinWave.EvilDoc.DOCXRSTRGOOD._THIS_PROGRAM.210413B64.5.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EXEAceOfBase64Word.20210714.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

SecuriteInfo.com.PUA.Base64EXE-2.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

MiscreantPunch.EvilMacro.WinMac.170815.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

MiscreantPunch.EvilMacro.MULTIOSDETONATOR.180126.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

MiscreantPunch.EvilMacro.MULTIOSDETONATOR.180126.M2.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

Doc.Malware.Valyria-6728957-0
Create hunting rule

Doc.Malware.Valyria-6923112-0
Create hunting rule

YARA.docx_macro.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=699b480c8fffa866e3b0b505
Tags:
cobaltstrike cobalt
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Connection attempt
DNS request
Creating a process from a recently created file
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Word File with Macro
Link:
https://app.docguard.net/9818172dd6c8550a50ba902ec59300f68f8caa8afcbd585d2d7a60353668159d/results/dashboard
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Valyria
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/9818172dd6c8550a50ba902ec59300f68f8caa8afcbd585d2d7a60353668159d
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
10/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Link:
https://www.malware.ai/gui/files/?id=9f4ed356-1372-4530-967a-138a03fcb90a
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Link:
https://labs.inquest.net/dfi/sha256/9818172dd6c8550a50ba902ec59300f68f8caa8afcbd585d2d7a60353668159d
Details
Macro with Startup Hook
Detected macro logic that will automatically execute on document open. Most malware contains some execution hook.
Macro with File System Write
Detected macro logic that can write data to the file system.
Document With Minimal Content
Document contains less than 1 kilobyte of semantic information.
InQuest TF/IDF Classifier
An InQuest machine-learning model classified this macro as potentially malicious.
Base64 Encoded Executable in XML
Detected an Office XML file containing a base64 encoded executable.
Metasploit Macro Exploit IOCs
Detected heuristics indicative of a Metasploit generated macro.
Macro Contains Suspicious String
Detected a macro with a suspicious string. Suspicious strings include privileged function calls, obfuscations, odd registry keys, etc...
Macro with DLL Reference
Detected macro logic that will load additional functionality from Dynamically Linked Libraries (DLLs). While not explicitly malicious, this is a common tactic for accessing APIs that are not otherwised exposed via Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
docm
Detections:
Trojan-Dropper.MSOffice.SDrop.sb Trojan.MSOffice.Stratos.tmp Trojan.MSOffice.Shelod.krnl HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic HEUR:Trojan.Script.Agent.gen Exploit.Win32.Dropper.sb HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Generic Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.gen Trojan.Win32.Shelm.c HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/9818172dd6c8550a50ba902ec59300f68f8caa8afcbd585d2d7a60353668159d/results?tab=lookup
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
OFFICE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/9818172dd6c8550a50ba902ec59300f68f8caa8afcbd585d2d7a60353668159d
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
3 match(es)
Tags:
ATT&CK T1564.007 Base64 Payload Blacklist VBA DeObfuscated Executable Malicious Malicious Document Obfuscated Office Document PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Scripting.FileSystemObject T1059.005 VBA Stomping VBScript WScript.Shell
Link:
https://app.malva.re/file/c2db86b46eb27d46d7d710b707876ef1
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/9818172dd6c8550a50ba902ec59300f68f8caa8afcbd585d2d7a60353668159d/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.METASPLOIT
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/9818172dd6c8550a50ba902ec59300f68f8caa8afcbd585d2d7a60353668159d
Threat name:
Document-Word.Backdoor.Meterpreter
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-22 18:16:30 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
30
AV detection:
28 of 36 (77.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=tambolowzbkquuf2saxmleya62hyzkuk7s6vqxjnpjqdknticwoq._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
metasploit
Create hunting rule
Similar samples:
error
Metasploit
Result
Malware family:
metasploit
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:metasploit backdoor discovery trojan
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260222-wv78psdt8g/
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Executes dropped EXE
MetaSploit
Metasploit family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
10.154.21.99:4445
Malware family:
Metasploit
Create hunting rule
Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/9818172dd6c8/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/9818172dd6c8550a50ba902ec59300f68f8caa8afcbd585d2d7a60353668159d

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
Create hunting rule
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Create hunting rule
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:vbaproject_bin
Create hunting rule
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

File information

The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Metasploit

Word file doc 9818172dd6c8550a50ba902ec59300f68f8caa8afcbd585d2d7a60353668159d

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3783985/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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