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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 350ae5cc81b95f37…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

174.0 KB Created: 2021-10-25 16:35:38 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 1d213fc29d62cfadefa6fad606d99e43 SHA-1: 8aba1219e2cf3f4fbbe9dff083f5faf469106f94 SHA-256: 350ae5cc81b95f376e80e1f221fab3ad196f63a3c441a4e0994f49827f54f9cf
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1059.001 PowerShell

This XLS file contains VBA macros, including an Auto_Open macro that calls the Shell() function. This indicates the macro is designed to execute arbitrary commands upon opening the document. The script appears to be obfuscated, making it difficult to determine the exact payload, but the presence of Shell() strongly suggests it's a downloader or initial execution vector. No specific family could be identified due to the obfuscation and lack of concrete indicators.

Heuristics 5

  • Shell() call in VBA critical OLE_VBA_SHELL
    Shell() call in VBA
  • Auto_Open macro high OLE_VBA_AUTO
    Auto_Open macro
  • VBA p-code auto-exec with execution tokens high OLE_VBA_PCODE_AUTOEXEC_EXEC
    Compiled VBA/cache stream contains an auto-execution token together with shell/download/object-execution tokens. This catches p-code-only or source-extraction-failure macro documents where visible source is unavailable.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high 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.
  • VBA macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
df5584104f4dd6b8efae334bbacbbaf66d8e8d359bdd829530cf4eb1df08e7f6
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 3479 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.