Ldridex — Office (OOXML) / .XLSM malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3259221b5378b9c9…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSM

27.9 KB Created: 2020-09-21 10:44:36 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 16.0300
MD5: 3df66d4122cd8692da6422fd16d0c1a4 SHA-1: 281211783851fcc2323ac8d1fa66a09789289bb7 SHA-256: 3259221b5378b9c9a983ae265527662c0c7856f6664a9a734754f549ee4d7a33
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Ldridex · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The file is an XLSM document, and static analysis detected the presence of VBA macros. ClamAV signatures identify the file as Xls.Malware.Ldridex-9768648-0, strongly suggesting it belongs to the Ldridex family. The embedded VBA macros are the primary mechanism for malicious activity, likely serving as a downloader for further stages.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Ldridex-9768648-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Malware.Ldridex-9768648-0
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • VBA project inside OOXML medium OOXML_VBA
    Document contains vbaProject.bin — VBA macros present

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
6dd09fcae616c588dcab782470b37344caca40942aff346ce73c53cf82b9424f
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) 2339 bytes
vbaProject_00.bin
aa7cf32d92e5b304607209b50cc4d244e67500e9354922f0d451c8b5d37ddf61
vba-project OOXML VBA project: xl/vbaProject.bin 20480 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Ldridex-9768648-0
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
emf_00.emf
6ede5771a00081ce3710fec341a7c3a85896f0edeea5a7d1b6b39b15a833897d
ooxml-emf OOXML EMF part: xl/media/image1.emf 1976 bytes