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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5dfee7761ad616a1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

153.5 KB Created: 2020-04-08 14:30:53 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 2d03ab384991429708ffec50bce8a0c1 SHA-1: fc3e84daceb9abe7b7dc9b3c2ca2457b8deb4780 SHA-256: 5dfee7761ad616a10eed952825db8405c82fe38cd4feb00cbb5915f155c01b41
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The file is an Excel 4.0 macro sheet that is encrypted, which is a strong indicator of malicious intent. The presence of an 'AUTOOPEN' macro further suggests that the file is designed to automatically execute code when opened. No specific family could be identified due to the encryption and lack of further script details.

Heuristics 2

  • Encrypted Excel 4.0 macro sheet high OLE_XLM_ENCRYPTED_MACROSHEET
    Workbook contains an Excel 4.0 macro sheet and BIFF FILEPASS encryption. Password-protected XLM macro sheets, especially the default Excel password path, are a common malware evasion pattern because static formula extraction may fail until the workbook is decrypted.
  • 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.