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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 13


Maldoc score: 9


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a15c5f00eb3d309cff70e9720fa8ba862ade83fac0688505a0b3893c7c9e699a
SHA3-384 hash: 6eec38a67a8911b2e6c9f98445d9eca3cd95aa6251e59c694332df9ddc685e3da63ba5f3be701554728c21134886c726
SHA1 hash: 485ddc811d90d6d9415343daff7414180ee6a24c
MD5 hash: 081c69043496bdf168056b544f1bc9a0
humanhash: table-mobile-orange-quiet
File name:SecuriteInfo.com.X97M.DownLoader.2343.26604.18035
Download: download sample
File size:485'888 bytes
First seen:2026-10-22 13:48:05 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-22 14:30:08 UTC
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 6144:rqd6oZdRNkaMZm7t86/JaLQKcwOz7HGmldFoVXzFi/7viLJr21U47jgm0cxqSGfq:edfRDEz6/YLQJRzi+oVXhiS26437G9
TLSH T140A41214B1F59F8AC747BA305CCAC9D91205FDA74F0AC60F3A65B38CE8775CA52A314A
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 SecuriteInfoCom
Tags:cve-2017-0199 xlsx

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 bytesMBD0049B620/CompObj
5380718 bytesMBD0049B620/Package
6582 bytesMBD0049B621/Ole
786836 bytesWorkbook
8535 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 :
172
Origin country :
FR FR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
xlsx
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-10-22 13:58:51 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Legit
File type:
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
False
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Tags:
shell macro micro lien
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP request
Launching a service
Connection attempt by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending an HTTP GET request
Sending a custom TCP request by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
evasive macros
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
10/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
xls
First seen:
2026-10-22T06:04:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-24T11:54:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
CVE-2017-0199 Office Document Remote Template Injection T1204 T1221
Threat name:
Win32.Exploit.CVE-2017-0199
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-22 13:36:43 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
53
AV detection:
9 of 23 (39.13%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
persistence ransomware
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Process spawned unexpected child process
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: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: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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