Office (OLE) / .XLSX malware analysis — malicious · 49bf0d969695b927

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

138.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel First seen: 2022-07-13

MD5: 20f337bba1e60b46c250f14302e0516c SHA-1: 74753542b697b9fbec7b5d4054c198ba1a5233a1 SHA-256: 49bf0d969695b9272a8508cb2028a000df5f0f26553c09c05c0a7add1a33171b

160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro, which is a critical finding. This macro is designed to execute dangerous functions, including the RUN function, indicating it likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload from the embedded URL 'http://ipok12bcame03shzpiq.xyz/i.'. The 'SE_ENABLE_LURE' heuristic confirms the document attempts to trick users into enabling macros, a common delivery technique.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`xlm_macros.txt` `3a08691eed72e5ed205a0b2d682f61d57bf1de10bae67e5c55da30ecdcba1b08`	xlm-macro	oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing)	4335 bytes

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