MALICIOUS
100
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1059.005 Visual Basic
The file is an Excel document containing Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros, indicated by the OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN heuristic. The document body contains a lure instructing the user to 'Enable Editing to continue', which is a common technique to bypass macro security. The presence of an Auto_Open defined name suggests that the macro will execute automatically upon opening the workbook.
Heuristics 3
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Excel 4.0 Auto_Open defined name critical OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN_DEFINEDNAMEoletools recovered an Auto_Open / Auto_Close entry from an Excel 4.0 macro sheet. The raw BIFF name can be tokenized or partially opaque to byte-string checks, but the recovered macro listing confirms the workbook has an XLM auto-execution entry.
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Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro sheet present medium OLE_XLM_AUTOOPENWorkbook 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.
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Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LUREDocument instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
xlm_macros.txt |
xlm-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) | 57145 bytes |
SHA-256: d6274c9079467aa273e92712a47750f5fec5d7d8d5b3830253ef17a27395cd8c |
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Preview scriptFirst 1,000 lines of the extracted script
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