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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4933fec2c7e6f19a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .EXE

33.5 KB Created: 1995-08-04 21:06:38 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 0133b2607a9aba73c1e1e1b27a9de708 SHA-1: fe05f3b2f33c13cd2c0101557ce4aea9e7e96912 SHA-256: 4933fec2c7e6f19a3fff64ea8bce2a23cf9be4cfabe228b406b42f03d3e9cbda
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The file is an Excel OLE executable containing VBA macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro, which is a common technique for initial execution. ClamAV signatures indicate it is a known trojan (Xls.Trojan.Laroux-28). No specific IOCs were extracted beyond the presence of the macro itself.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Xls.Trojan.Laroux-28 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Trojan.Laroux-28
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • Auto_Open macro high OLE_VBA_AUTO
    Auto_Open macro
  • VBA macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
e32a1c166ee861c1e5cbfabfd598293a72f3a197baa246222d688bfb645c2943
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 2270 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Trojan.Laroux-28
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely