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Database Entry

Metasploit

Vendor detections: 19

Intelligence 19 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	c4aed35c30c862c466e504ab4c0ebec8fb4c9a84e24ca02378378fb1693d1caf
SHA3-384 hash:	8b1e4599c098f394e0eecc18859bf87c95ba6f9232d3a30ee244a59f8d97ccb1cbf0e8516062398152a9ff47e54acb18
SHA1 hash:	d9f74bb87813ee934c0c8aee41c17b2b607ed9f9
MD5 hash:	ea34ec65732e63723618fbf730391cbc
humanhash:	robin-blue-mars-music
File name:	shell5555.doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Metasploit Create hunting rule
File size:	34'663 bytes
First seen:	2026-02-22 18:16:58 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	doc
MIME type:	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
ssdeep	768:arQP+NAiJQucR7gWUU/A10wzOLJKbjtiTe1o2H3CrpR:aO+WqQuctgdrmwk09iTOXClR
Threatray	3 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH	T13DF2E02ADBDB6631C347B77A20466DCCFD075E17E1EDB26A36A491CCCE22C514603A47
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 ID	Section size	Section name
A1	385 bytes	PROJECT
A2	71 bytes	PROJECTwm
A3	5871 bytes	VBA/NewMacros
A4	1073 bytes	VBA/ThisDocument
A5	4400 bytes	VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
A6	734 bytes	VBA/dir

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

101

Origin country :

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/f9b2277e-79cc-401d-9d5e-1c46079230b1/

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

_c4aed35c30c862c466e504ab4c0ebec8fb4c9a84e24ca02378378fb1693d1caf.zip

Verdict:

No threats detected

Analysis date:

2026-02-22 18:39:52 UTC

Tags:

macros macros-on-open

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/8745efdc-272a-4e38-bb99-016a2ea37657

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.Generic-EXE.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.DOCXRSTRGOOD.KERNEL32.200608B64.3.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.DOCXRSTRGOOD.KERNEL32.200608B64.8.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.DOCXRSTRGOOD._THIS_PROGRAM.210413B64.5.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EXEAceOfBase64Word.20210714.UNOFFICIAL

SecuriteInfo.com.PUA.Base64EXE-2.UNOFFICIAL

MiscreantPunch.EvilMacro.WinMac.170815.UNOFFICIAL

MiscreantPunch.EvilMacro.MULTIOSDETONATOR.180126.UNOFFICIAL

MiscreantPunch.EvilMacro.MULTIOSDETONATOR.180126.M2.UNOFFICIAL

Doc.Malware.Valyria-6728957-0

Doc.Malware.Valyria-6923112-0

YARA.docx_macro.UNOFFICIAL

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

92.5%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=699b4849c950ab5d9ab08853

Tags:

office macro micro

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Сreating synchronization primitives

Creating a window

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/c4aed35c30c862c466e504ab4c0ebec8fb4c9a84e24ca02378378fb1693d1caf/results/dashboard

Behaviour

BlacklistAPI detected

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

base64 cobalt evasive macros macros-on-open masquerade metasploit obfuscated packed soft-404

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/699b484397feb4afd6522827/reports/ea6bb077-344a-4553-9f11-9d16fc5c61c0/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Valyria

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/c4aed35c30c862c466e504ab4c0ebec8fb4c9a84e24ca02378378fb1693d1caf

Label:

Malicious

Suspicious Score:

10/10

Score Malicious:

Score Benign:

Link:

https://www.malware.ai/gui/files/?id=24b0c3cc-29de-409a-a5dc-5cb8ed2c8677

Result

Verdict:

MALICIOUS

Link:

https://labs.inquest.net/dfi/sha256/c4aed35c30c862c466e504ab4c0ebec8fb4c9a84e24ca02378378fb1693d1caf

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.Win32.Shelm.sb Trojan.MSOffice.Shelod.peb Trojan.MSOffice.Shelod.api HEUR:Trojan.Script.Agent.gen Exploit.Win32.Dropper.sb Trojan-Dropper.MSOffice.SDrop.sb Trojan.Win32.Shelma.sb HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic Exploit.Win32.Office.sb Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Upatre.sb Trojan.MSOffice.Stratos.tmp HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Shelma.gen PDM:Exploit.Win32.Generic Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.gen HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/c4aed35c30c862c466e504ab4c0ebec8fb4c9a84e24ca02378378fb1693d1caf/results?tab=lookup

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

OFFICE

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/c4aed35c30c862c466e504ab4c0ebec8fb4c9a84e24ca02378378fb1693d1caf

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/ea34ec65732e63723618fbf730391cbc

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/c4aed35c30c862c466e504ab4c0ebec8fb4c9a84e24ca02378378fb1693d1caf/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.METASPLOIT

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/c4aed35c30c862c466e504ab4c0ebec8fb4c9a84e24ca02378378fb1693d1caf

Threat name:

Document-Word.Backdoor.Meterpreter

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-02-22 18:17:26 UTC

File Type:

Document

Extracted files:

AV detection:

21 of 23 (91.30%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ysxngxbqzbrmizxfasvuydv6zd5uzgue4jgkai3yg6h3c2j5dsxq._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

metasploit

Metasploit

c4aed35c30c862c466e504ab4c0ebec8fb4c9a84e24ca02378378fb1693d1caf

Metasploit

cfbe6716fd8a4a39a17c9e7bbfe3e3baf48252d44bd4dcc91f77ebed5ae9c5f1

Metasploit

error

Metasploit

Result

Malware family:

metasploit

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:metasploit backdoor discovery trojan

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260222-ww8wmadw7g/

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:

10.127.196.102:5555

Malware family:

Metasploit

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/c4aed35c30c8/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/c4aed35c30c862c466e504ab4c0ebec8fb4c9a84e24ca02378378fb1693d1caf

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

doc c4aed35c30c862c466e504ab4c0ebec8fb4c9a84e24ca02378378fb1693d1caf

(this sample)

URLhaus

https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3784042/

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

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