Malicious Office (OOXML) / .XLSX — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5734abfdaef89579…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

111.6 KB Created: 2015-06-05 18:17:20 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 12.0000
MD5: 7ab1eb5483956e82a5204b9f5a6910a8 SHA-1: 580577c2cece8c216ab882d7c3b480ef2db95334 SHA-256: 5734abfdaef89579ce1f1e84da5a93ff528a8ffe9142727e6fe71f391a93acb6
260 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.005 Visual Basic T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is an Excel document containing VBA macros, specifically a Workbook_Open macro, which is a common technique for initial execution. The script attempts to create a Wscript.Shell object and execute a batch file named 'jledshf.bat' from the 'c:\programdata\' directory, and also a VBScript named 'sduoixo.vbs'. The script also contains multiple URLs that are likely used to download and execute further stages of the malware. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Doc.Malware.Valyria-10004384-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Malware.Valyria-10004384-0
  • 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.
  • Workbook_Open macro high OLE_VBA_WBOPEN
    Workbook_Open macro
  • CreateObject call high OLE_VBA_CREATEOBJ
    CreateObject call
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • VBA project inside OOXML medium OOXML_VBA
    Document contains vbaProject.bin — VBA macros present

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
527d0656a0c2c323955d068683ef8f7e20c035cda247a1e24383595c0eb3403b
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) 7821 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.
vbaProject_00.bin
cf752dc0a70b15aaf88f85cdff9b5419efa442bd9b63e2e253fff15139faa232
vba-project OOXML VBA project: xl/vbaProject.bin 37888 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Malware.Valyria-10004384-0
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.