Malicious Office (OLE) / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0090e624ffc21187…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

158.0 KB Created: 2020-03-19 15:06:18 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 449eb553822fa8137aa795cd03182a3f SHA-1: c9c898504db990955389652fe17f729edf501e4a SHA-256: 0090e624ffc2118731d55fc87660b78977b3f8c975006b1e58df03e8a134cc4f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications

The file is an encrypted Excel 4.0 macro sheet, indicated by the OLE_XLM_ENCRYPTED_MACROSHEET heuristic. The presence of an AUTOOPEN macro suggests an attempt to automatically execute code upon opening. Due to the encryption and lack of readable document body or scripts, the exact payload and delivery mechanism cannot be determined.

Heuristics 2

  • Encrypted Excel 4.0 macro sheet high OLE_XLM_ENCRYPTED_MACROSHEET
    Workbook contains an Excel 4.0 macro sheet and BIFF FILEPASS encryption. Password-protected XLM macro sheets, especially the default Excel password path, are a common malware evasion pattern because static formula extraction may fail until the workbook is decrypted.
  • Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro sheet present medium OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN
    Workbook contains an Excel 4.0 macro sheet sub-stream — XLM is rarely seen in modern legitimate workbooks and was a major Office malware vector during 2020-2022.