Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ddd4b9bda37b9ec…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

174.5 KB Created: 2020-07-14 03:33:56 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel First seen: 2020-09-15
MD5: 44a891cb03c5addf255c194991189e9c SHA-1: a947f1ba7d7991a588e8d17550c2f10ba705f74f SHA-256: 1ddd4b9bda37b9ecef180809c26d489aacec2c8b30f64cdfb238d5b6cc552094
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open function, which is a known technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate the presence of dangerous formulas and environment evasion, suggesting the macro is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document body contains obfuscated strings, further supporting the malicious intent.

Heuristics 5

  • Excel 4.0 Auto_Open defined name critical OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN_DEFINEDNAME
    oletools 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.
  • XLM Auto_Open with dangerous formula APIs critical OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN
    Excel 4.0 macro sheet contains an Auto_Open / Auto_Close entry and dangerous XLM formula APIs that can invoke programs, write files, or transfer control without VBA.
  • XLM Auto_Open environment-evasion close gate critical OLE_XLM_ENVIRONMENT_EVASION_CLOSE
    Excel 4.0 macro sheet auto-executes environment checks with GET.WORKSPACE / GET.WINDOW, then shows a fake corruption/error message and closes the workbook when the host fails those checks. This is a malware sandbox-evasion pattern, even when the later payload stage is hidden behind obfuscated defined-name flow.
  • 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.
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 55638 bytes
SHA-256: e5627b937abafedbc26e6a38db4382f32df02ac183884c2fc10d4413468c2aec
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
' 0085      9 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - Excel 4.0 macro sheet, visible -  
' 0085     19 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  bvYcqBWjWJ
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, visible -  Sheet
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' 0018     23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - aILfIMaW len=0 
' 0018     21 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - aJIviJ len=0 
' 0018     23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - built-in-name 1 Auto_Open len=7 ptgRef3d  !BL47449 
' 0018     28 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - avxHeLoFlrLTI len=0 
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