Malicious Office (OOXML) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bb722b0e898f2b6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML)

41.6 KB Created: 2021-06-22 12:43:05 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 16.0300
MD5: 4c7be9ca643f4fa42b56addfd5b8afd5 SHA-1: 563f434d3ff3d7e3d29c8512db92d8c8339c26c2 SHA-256: 3bb722b0e898f2b6006ca33a2e0200c6e18d0160fa97c3e07dc9463277d7cf51
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

This Excel document contains VBA macros that reference PowerShell and cmd.exe. The GetObject call and the presence of VBA macros suggest an attempt to execute malicious code. The VBA code includes a Base64 decoding function, indicating that it likely decodes and executes a payload, potentially downloaded from a remote source.

Heuristics 4

  • PowerShell reference in VBA critical OLE_VBA_PS
    PowerShell reference in VBA
  • GetObject call high OLE_VBA_GETOBJ
    GetObject call
  • cmd.exe reference in VBA high OLE_VBA_CMD
    cmd.exe reference in VBA
  • VBA project inside OOXML medium OOXML_VBA
    Document contains a VBA project — VBA macros present

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
58dc0b44385b6c13c9fedcdef36511f2468266d20d2dd882c51fec0fc1f66786
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) 35036 bytes
vbaProject_00.bin
9e9e65861bd4da71960fd66701d25749afc5b57a318f6184baa8c7425443369d
vba-project OOXML VBA project: xl/vbaProject.bin 11264 bytes