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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 10


Maldoc score: 4


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a4dbd8b113a79833123e2d84c00fa7bb30955036d1de2ef302dbea27713a4497
SHA3-384 hash: dfdf732c5083b6c5fa33a0d0ef9ede4f7b939a6917754186bb5389d53e37b092c62262db495b29bd2806d563c48e4509
SHA1 hash: 1bf190eec03ef90b569512146b8299287c7ab29c
MD5 hash: 47934a4c7555820284262db669e47a8b
humanhash: arkansas-green-bakerloo-mirror
File name:Proposal Letter.xls
Download: download sample
File size:1'396'736 bytes
First seen:2025-06-07 13:22:58 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 24576:v1j7sxqAiA62eU7uMwbxqeqiFHCKQJVoeHXAc:dj73AiAhZa9fHbQ9Ac
TLSH T1EF558C01BFE0FE13C524037A89FB57653671EC82AB13470B1698B71A2D717D81B9B2E9
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 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 27 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3200 bytesSummaryInformation
4114 bytesMBD000F1232/CompObj
5252 bytesMBD000F1232/DocumentSummaryInformation
6113256 bytesMBD000F1232/SummaryInformation
7114 bytesMBD000F1232/MBD00906C62/CompObj
8652 bytesMBD000F1232/MBD00906C62/DocumentSummaryInformation
930228 bytesMBD000F1232/MBD00906C62/SummaryInformation
10218567 bytesMBD000F1232/MBD00906C62/Workbook
11114 bytesMBD000F1232/MBD0090702C/CompObj
12248 bytesMBD000F1232/MBD0090702C/DocumentSummaryInformation
1325180 bytesMBD000F1232/MBD0090702C/SummaryInformation
1432628 bytesMBD000F1232/MBD0090702C/Workbook
15114 bytesMBD000F1232/MBD0090758B/CompObj
16236797 bytesMBD000F1232/MBD0090758B/Package
17308864 bytesMBD000F1232/Workbook
18744 bytesMBD000F1233/Ole
19399901 bytesWorkbook
20529 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
21104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
22977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
23977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
24977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
25985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
262644 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
27553 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:
Proposal Letter.xls
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-06-07 13:25:59 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
70%
Tags:
extens overt blic
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Searching for the window
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
https://greathappinessigiventoherlifewithbestopportuntiestogetbacktheworkingskillf.business@acessaurl.com/hQwBifT
Embedded Ole
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
52 / 100
Signature
Excel sheet contains many unusual embedded objects
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win32.Exploit.CVE-2017-0199
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-06-07 03:49:09 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
60
AV detection:
10 of 24 (41.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
n/a
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
Malware Family:
n/a
Verdict:
Malicious
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:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:maldoc_OLE_file_magic_number
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:office_document_vba
Author:Jean-Philippe Teissier / @Jipe_
Description:Office document with embedded VBA
Reference:https://github.com/jipegit/
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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