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You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 b85ffbfa9fb459c707dd3a47c77f343652e7087c669f892f88cf3b73d172abc4. 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 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b85ffbfa9fb459c707dd3a47c77f343652e7087c669f892f88cf3b73d172abc4
SHA3-384 hash: 09913272b63212b7c5996dc626e0076434ac2dbea2b08790270d306c0157847f0e25345da68b90bbb48c9b4f28bc149d
SHA1 hash: 3abc46816d41f4a9ab2d0185b0a9fae6f5ff63a0
MD5 hash: 91d8673ba84a2b82b1f8465e587df721
humanhash: georgia-butter-north-seventeen
File name:RFQ_NO._FEC-6000112038_ADN-25_END_USER-ADNOC-95645322.xls
Download: download sample
File size:722'944 bytes
First seen:2026-10-14 15:16:16 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-14 15:18:39 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 12288:AEpTkokjm++R77gfJZT8IPpUsFz7A4/Hlo/xsG9WjkdMkotTst:lklCnNETnTz7A4/UsGlMHRst
TLSH T19CF42312F0E5A827E2774CB55AEAD90AB04CFDA07B1BE6477104B36D58B93E640C2C5F
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 bytesMBD00780C4B/CompObj
5394706 bytesMBD00780C4B/Package
6770 bytesMBD00780C4C/Ole
7308081 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
15551 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 :
3
# of downloads :
91
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
xls
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-14 15:53:01 UTC
Tags:
phishing phish-img

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
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating synchronization primitives
Connection attempt 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:
cve-2017-0199 exploit macros
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
10/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
xls
First seen:
2026-09-17T01:13:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-14T10:09:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10000
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
CVE-2017-0199 Office Document Remote Template Injection T1204 T1221
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Malgent
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-17 09:23:14 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
46
AV detection:
11 of 38 (28.95%)
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 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: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.

Malspam

Excel file xls b85ffbfa9fb459c707dd3a47c77f343652e7087c669f892f88cf3b73d172abc4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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