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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2aeb4962cb5a1eaf…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

201.5 KB Created: 2020-04-13 17:14:15 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 540cb91db9cbbc938878c325c1c41877 SHA-1: 0ad3e8c62fa72aa81e69a3c1b9e611b44597275b SHA-256: 2aeb4962cb5a1eafea081db535faec542a3156b2a65294a4d7dbf0e108b830bf
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is an Office 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 an intent to execute malicious code. Since no document body or script content was available for analysis, the specific payload or delivery mechanism cannot be determined.

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.