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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 12


Maldoc score: 9


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f26ae78b51e068d1323bdd1c74d55db2679ea2be2e609eb451d0dd4ca0a742cf
SHA3-384 hash: a3917814f6f9cbee1832fca7e1368357f38a252b1c4691c361aeafd5ab53e98d662b39d41d0e3ce33f8b6a3a7011dab5
SHA1 hash: 374d632ae421c74355c2b1f114571f56e62c3a2d
MD5 hash: de7cc15f7205e07a0ec61c8b67cc5e07
humanhash: yankee-massachusetts-maine-nevada
File name:HORANFA_INQ 20260929.xls
Download: download sample
File size:270'848 bytes
First seen:2026-09-29 07:25:10 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 6144:pJvfaSouVqlUrjY6o0NmlEgN+AjK/al8BmXZWfG0YciBld9h:pVfavl36Dmln+Y0mXZKylr
TLSH T1434412667607D48DD5A50836D6CD90DAEA29BCC29944DF0F3B80F32E3C736E5DB26608
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 abuse_ch
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
Embedded Images

MalwareBazaar found the following images embedded in this file:

MD5 hashdc.creator# of relations
31622c956c47861fb4e5efc974418c25CLB2
104eee05f772d35a55572c743aaa7528CLB2
ef9b7f3c635bd0f507f7bf2798d5ca1eCLB2
ff775736bda7009caf06371d71808f05CLBNone
9124a9d6a4d231cb3e859ef024ae7248CLB2
c866573409bcb2bf7fa0355cdd20e4e2CLB2
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 bytesMBD014E11D5/CompObj
5217389 bytesMBD014E11D5/Package
6816 bytesMBD014E11D6/Ole
736670 bytesWorkbook
8525 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 :
1
# of downloads :
161
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
xls
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-09-29 07:50:48 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:
text/xml
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
False
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Creating a window
Connection attempt to an infection source by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending a TCP request to an infection source by exploiting the app vulnerability
Сreating synchronization primitives
Connection attempt by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending an HTTP GET request
Query of malicious DNS domain
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
macros
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
10/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
xls
First seen:
2026-09-28T17:04:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-30T03:55:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Excel sheet contains many unusual embedded objects
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Observed behavior (agent): OLE-linked download delivers an HTA with a hidden command runner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
CVE-2017-0199 Office Document Remote Template Injection T1204 T1221
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: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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