Malicious Office (OOXML) / .XLSX — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d89ab0b02d0fc98…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

117.2 KB Created: 2015-06-05 18:19:34 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 16.0300 First seen: 2022-03-15
MD5: c792a13f872e0915f1180df663309294 SHA-1: 02522552e678ccca9bf8e488a1059892e3c0db34 SHA-256: 0d89ab0b02d0fc989175bbecf32cd39f889c03d02e8542ddc6ca8417e9dd6ab6
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file contains multiple Excel 4.0 macro sheets, identified by the OOXML_XLM_MACROSHEET heuristic. These macros appear to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the presence of 'urlmon', 'kern', and 'el32' strings which are likely related to URL fetching and execution. The ClamAV detection of 'Multios.Malware.Agent' further supports its malicious nature.

Heuristics 2

  • Excel 4.0 macro sheet (12 sheet(s)) critical 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. The macro sheet is stored as XLSB/BIFF12 binary content, which many XML-only OOXML scanners miss.
  • ClamAV: Multios.Malware.Agent-10042426-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Multios.Malware.Agent-10042426-0

Extracted artifacts 12

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_sheet_00.bin
e541f768a6a2761f1eb330f36fa4854aa79d685e958fba24945d0f470a5c8620
xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/intlsheet1.bin 871 bytes
xlm_sheet_01.bin
0d0844264380b8dadbba0d2074e9c73b38a92bd41acd11a8911bcf11bfae4dd2
xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/sheet3.bin 674 bytes
xlm_sheet_02.bin
fcbee97f0dd0396d2166b27e70dc5f329138d91e33cacefc90780771d2c89aca
xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/sheet1.bin 3588 bytes
xlm_sheet_03.bin
9a9c00e5c670d9cb9ebbebc0e8eb74c5dbab1cc8cd9e7ffb4a8841887c938b52
xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/intlsheet2.bin 1269 bytes
xlm_sheet_04.bin
b8caa8271c2f12b728bdb0b32921f704c74d345971d996e432db17dc7447a0c1
xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/intlsheet3.bin 737 bytes
xlm_sheet_05.bin
5acb5cd8473f658ac1af292f8be69bb3d1e3ad2da2b48975c4cdcaf26c0ce9b9
xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/sheet4.bin 674 bytes
xlm_sheet_06.bin
9c7f0265f4841d89c0d2dbb41a0e7ff0d6f6e1eee1f2521467877a38b47fdaf2
xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/intlsheet4.bin 672 bytes
xlm_sheet_07.bin
266823ec560e31f11854528dcc8a208cadf42a92be72a59d3e08dff40b2cf09a
xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/intlsheet5.bin 562 bytes
xlm_sheet_08.bin
59abb19e07a0c85880d3e936983a6afd5475b6de992fac76e4164836c9f8539c
xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/intlsheet8.bin 393 bytes
xlm_sheet_09.bin
3568da1cb305e32670f31b9f2e0e2e544620438fc48e5295397de622e00e563d
xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/intlsheet6.bin 442 bytes
xlm_sheet_10.bin
49977c4c3cbb189580a89e6d184b0137682ae93d0aa4c13b2c8b6bb201cf7535
xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/sheet2.bin 754 bytes
xlm_sheet_11.bin
a6ac0305669a45ec3d5a9c0fdb6bc74f328641eb09ba1853fc9972b2728de61d
xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/intlsheet7.bin 393 bytes