MALICIOUS
140
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic
T1204.002 Malicious File
The critical heuristics OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN and OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN indicate the presence of an Excel 4.0 Auto_Open macro. This macro is designed to execute dangerous functions, specifically the RUN function, which is used to launch external programs or URLs. The extracted URLs are likely part of a download chain for a secondary payload. The macro's intent is to download and execute a second-stage payload from the embedded URLs.
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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XLM Auto_Open with dangerous formula APIs critical OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FNExcel 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.
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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.
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
xlm_macros.txtf02d63843d495ffd8e99f1b7fe5f87a80501a758c9a61d8585f8be9700f36cb3 |
xlm-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) | 7798 bytes |
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