Malicious Office (OOXML) / .XLSM — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3cea52ef51bbe4b4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSM

106.5 KB Created: 2015-06-05 18:19:34 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: d284f05fe6a42f1afee2db45ec674119 SHA-1: 34910d42990d5e33b2927e3612e978bca98faea3 SHA-256: 3cea52ef51bbe4b4fd16586525ccc45bc08aa7a0e4886b75c1e3e54a632e686d
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Service Execution: Service Execution T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The file is an Excel macro-enabled spreadsheet (XLSM) containing Excel 4.0 macros. Critical heuristics indicate the use of dangerous XLM functions like CALL and EXEC, which are used to execute arbitrary commands. The document body contains URLs that are likely used to download and execute a second-stage payload. The specific family is not identifiable from the provided evidence.

Heuristics 4

  • Excel 4.0 macro sheet (3 sheet(s)) critical OOXML_XLM_MACROSHEET
    Spreadsheet contains an Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro sheet — XLM was a major Office malware vector during 2020-2022 and evaded many VBA-focused controls before Microsoft tightened XLM defaults. Even legitimate XLM use is rare in modern workbooks.
  • Excel 4.0 Auto_Open defined name critical OOXML_XLM_AUTOOPEN_DEFINEDNAME
    Workbook defines _xlnm.Auto_Open or _xlnm.Auto_Close while containing an XLM macro sheet. This is the OOXML/XLSB auto-execution shape for Excel 4.0 macros.
  • Dangerous XLM formula APIs: HALT, CALL, FORMULA, WORKBOOK.HIDE critical OOXML_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN
    Excel 4.0 macro sheet uses formula APIs that call directly into Win32 (=CALL/=EXEC/=REGISTER/=FORMULA). These are the primitives used to download payloads, write files, and start processes from an XLM macro without invoking VBA.
  • 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 https://industrialarttextile.com/QSG9tCTB7/hadrt.html
    • https://anaheimdermatologists.com/tzJ9kyP6iG/hasrt.html
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2006/main
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2009/9/ac

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_sheet_00.xml
77506dd6876315d017d43b59005773cca1964b7092bf13f77a293c8436fa81b3		 xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/intlsheet2.xml 805 bytes
xlm_sheet_01.xml
d58cfd326d0c9337ad8afba611af4e0b433ba8da73c78792d237ba56aea22a55		 xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/sheet1.xml 4030 bytes
xlm_sheet_02.xml
c9639b11fec63901134871fb42359ef3e65db62f61fe3d9d626b901c1c1931a3		 xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/intlsheet1.xml 206597 bytes

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