Xls.Trojan.Laroux-1 — Office (OLE) / .EXE malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 174ab39db73f0bd2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .EXE

19.0 KB Created: 1999-02-08 09:24:15 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 28c2d0b2c32d97d4d3c4ddaa6fab2dbf SHA-1: 67b8953fb0984a9ddbca8d45f7290553df634eba SHA-256: 174ab39db73f0bd215c5b9daeb83f225acb0154ac967712ee312e516d07bfd48
240 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Xls.Trojan.Laroux-1 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This Excel 5 macro-based trojan, identified as Laroux-1, uses an Auto_Open macro to execute its payload. The script attempts to save a file named '1.XLS' in the startup path, which is a common technique for establishing persistence or delivering a second-stage payload. The presence of the 'laroux' sheet and the specific macro names strongly indicate this family.

Heuristics 5

  • Excel 5 Laroux/Larou-CV macro-virus marker cluster critical OLE_XLS5_LAROUX_MACRO_VIRUS
    Legacy Excel workbook contains a Laroux/Larou-CV macro-virus marker cluster including auto_open execution and workbook/module replication strings. This is a narrow indicator for an infected legacy Excel macro workbook.
  • ClamAV: Xls.Trojan.Laroux-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Trojan.Laroux-1
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • Auto_Open macro high OLE_VBA_AUTO
    Auto_Open macro
  • VBA macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
67081d657c6b9f0fa8681bb46691d9458b4648cb171fd66ca1d698afb194efbc
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 1831 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Trojan.Laroux-1
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely