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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2918e7042783dab1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

418.5 KB Created: 2009-04-18 02:17:36 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 52fbc00fa72d7e7ad8b277656d701e0b SHA-1: 7e86d30d6f4bd843207808eec4dfd66f84c75e5b SHA-256: 2918e7042783dab1f4b191bda457e207d587945124c35244c970ac95d9b943ba
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications

The file is an Excel spreadsheet containing what appears to be a price list for electrical cables. A critical heuristic firing indicates the presence of a legacy Excel formula macro virus, specifically mentioning 'Poppy by VicodinES' and 'Narkotic Network'. This suggests the file is designed to execute malicious formulas rather than provide legitimate pricing information.

Heuristics 1

  • Legacy Excel formula macro virus marker critical OLE_XLS_FORMULA_MACRO_VIRUS
    Workbook stream contains self-identifying legacy Excel formula macro virus markers. This indicates the document carries formula macro virus content even when no VBA project or modern XLM macro-sheet structure is present.