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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 10


Maldoc score: 9


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a7c9f9121f9c0804ac28f2327b53361ba25bbd10556b0a3e6446e6a9b752fdf1
SHA3-384 hash: 7a50198ca88fc6834a72eb209303471f6111e07c8a06dea01c76330abce5618b8e4e4919ebe4a281a6610576452e4495
SHA1 hash: 2fc4dbce1e2f560cbc018236dbb7bb7e8ec3b77c
MD5 hash: 41520b3039069a351b264d5da54fe659
humanhash: artist-failed-hot-mars
File name:SecuriteInfo.com.MSExcel.CVE_2017_0199.G1.exploit.18274.22354
Download: download sample
File size:666'112 bytes
First seen:2026-09-15 16:37:07 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-15 17:32:21 UTC
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 12288:pHUaf6xAosjelwm2w00000000000S02tGboHc9qCr94aSa9eOrUwghaRB4:t/CTKm2xoc/elhgRK
TLSH T1F5E4230AF784DF9BE6C7193542C7B0D9902DACA69784C22F3B54B77E2A332B1D062549
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: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 bytesMBD00DA8A9B/CompObj
5365913 bytesMBD00DA8A9B/Package
6700 bytesMBD00DA8A9C/Ole
7280238 bytesWorkbook
8521 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 :
148
Origin country :
FR FR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
xlsx
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-09-15 16:39:21 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
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
evasive macros
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
10/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
xls
First seen:
2026-09-15T11:43:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-15T13:37:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Office Document
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:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
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: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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