MALICIOUS
140
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
The critical heuristics OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN and OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN indicate the presence of Excel 4.0 macros with an Auto_Open entry, which is a common technique for initial execution. The macro sheet contains a reference to 'Auto_Open' and uses dangerous functions like RUN, suggesting it's designed to execute arbitrary code. The extensive, obfuscated document body text does not provide clear user-facing content but likely serves to obscure the malicious macro's presence. The primary intent appears to be the execution of a second-stage payload via the RUN function.
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.txt007449488b661b4c291636d921508c145e55388b3e431f862586c136f3c0ebd6 |
xlm-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) | 6436 bytes |
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