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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b4a59110e02afbd…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

165.5 KB Created: 2020-04-08 14:30:53 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 92f92dc914cf0716cb5731f16db92a54 SHA-1: e6641030f5e3ad3b8b88eb6fcf2aef03f06c6d32 SHA-256: 1b4a59110e02afbde8e17536e7095656b898cecd31c8ac89cfb4474cb337394b
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is an OLE document containing encrypted Excel 4.0 macros, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'OLE_XLM_ENCRYPTED_MACROSHEET' and 'OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN'. The presence of encrypted macros strongly suggests the document is intended to deliver and execute a malicious payload. No document body text or scripts were extracted, limiting further analysis of the specific payload or delivery mechanism.

Heuristics 3

  • Encrypted Excel 4.0 macro sheet high OLE_XLM_ENCRYPTED_MACROSHEET
    Workbook contains an Excel 4.0 macro sheet and BIFF FILEPASS encryption. Password-protected XLM macro sheets, especially the default Excel password path, are a common malware evasion pattern because static formula extraction may fail until the workbook is decrypted.
  • OLE metadata lists many Excel 4.0 macro sheets high OLE_XLM_DOCPROPS_MACROSHEET_INVENTORY
    Workbook contains a BIFF Excel 4.0 macro-sheet marker and its clear OLE DocumentSummaryInformation stream lists many MacroN sheet titles. This is a useful static signal when FILEPASS encryption prevents formula extraction from the workbook stream.
  • Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro sheet present medium OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN
    Workbook 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.