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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1422c4fbcff118c1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XL

153.0 KB Created: 2004-08-17 07:23:32 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 41fad37c749af37da75eb0393a5f50a0 SHA-1: 47e66d9529e3ec30ecafaa19cf24360bd481cf4a SHA-256: 1422c4fbcff118c10c4448a61683e758f0a9dd9fc33956cd854a67492f212ea6
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The critical heuristic firing 'OLE_XLS_FORMULA_MACRO_VIRUS' indicates this is a legacy Excel formula macro virus, specifically identified as 'Poppy' and 'XF.Classic'. The document body contains references to infecting other workbooks and saving them as 'Book1.xls', suggesting a self-replicating or payload-dropping mechanism. The presence of 'Hydrocodone/APAP 10-650 For Your Computer' and 'The Narkotic Network 1998' suggests a potential connection to illicit activities or a specific malware author.

Heuristics 1

  • Legacy Excel formula macro virus marker critical OLE_XLS_FORMULA_MACRO_VIRUS
    Workbook stream contains self-identifying legacy Excel formula macro virus markers. This indicates the document carries formula macro virus content even when no VBA project or modern XLM macro-sheet structure is present.