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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a267fcddccdcc4d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

165.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 2c8fae4803adda8bb7515dea674fcc62 SHA-1: c660277182587a97e6d40f4aca7028069a1a9fb9 SHA-256: 3a267fcddccdcc4dfbfd6e558a5ddb98daaee3ad7c89fb01d289ff7e8044a553
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains an Excel 4.0 macro sheet with an Auto_Open macro that utilizes dangerous API functions, specifically the RUN function. This indicates an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The embedded URL, http://www.chipmania.it/mails/open, is likely the source of the payload. The document body's mention of 'DocuSign' is a common lure for phishing attempts.

Heuristics 3

  • XLM Auto_Open with dangerous formula APIs high OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN
    Excel 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.
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.iec.ch
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceEvent#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceRef#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
f72194058b5d1131257adb8047540ae2ca5a2f68446b9907dc98eadcb54b4687		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 1999 bytes

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