Xls.Dropper.Agent-7710734-0 — Office (OLE) malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00a3b320a93b6674…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

59.0 KB Created: 2020-04-27 23:19:44 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel First seen: 2020-07-24
MD5: 9e1d3d30853a596f404b99bf4459303d SHA-1: 054c44d36c37528af841066d3940451f94e1592b SHA-256: 00a3b320a93b66749198ce23a9615511976ca4cbf5903039291ff2ee167650af
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Xls.Dropper.Agent-7710734-0 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The critical ClamAV heuristic and high-priority OLE_XLM_ENCRYPTED_MACROSHEET firing indicate this is an encrypted Excel 4.0 macro sheet. The OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN heuristic confirms the presence of XLM macros, which are often used to download and execute secondary payloads. The ClamAV detection name further supports this classification.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Xls.Dropper.Agent-7710734-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Dropper.Agent-7710734-0
  • 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.