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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5eea32c4ea49b5fd…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

81.5 KB Created: 2020-04-23 12:26:24 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 7c1df25c7136c270da1a851042d6f3fe SHA-1: 7300c2130bc3f3ea57534c3765ab95410a5c80c4 SHA-256: 5eea32c4ea49b5fd7eae9f78cea896d28efc5fabfd43183c7ad36db0c30ddea8
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The file is an Excel document containing encrypted Excel 4.0 macros, indicated by multiple high-severity heuristic firings. The presence of these macros suggests an attempt to execute arbitrary code upon opening. The document body was unreadable, preventing further analysis of its specific lure.

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • OLE metadata lists many Excel 4.0 macro sheets high OLE_XLM_DOCPROPS_MACROSHEET_INVENTORY
    Workbook contains a BIFF Excel 4.0 macro-sheet marker and its clear OLE DocumentSummaryInformation stream lists many MacroN sheet titles. This is a useful static signal when FILEPASS encryption prevents formula extraction from the workbook stream.
  • 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.