MALICIOUS
140
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
The critical heuristics indicate the presence of Excel 4.0 macros with dangerous formula APIs, specifically triggering an Auto_Open event. The extracted macro code constructs and executes a PowerShell command to download a file named 'sv.exe' from the URL 'https://tinyurl.com/y3njysh9' and save it to the user's AppData directory, likely as a second-stage payload. The use of Auto_Open suggests this file was likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.
Heuristics 3
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Excel 4.0 Auto_Open defined name critical OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN_DEFINEDNAMEoletools 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.
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XLM Auto_Open with dangerous formula APIs critical OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FNExcel 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.
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Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro sheet present medium OLE_XLM_AUTOOPENWorkbook 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.
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
xlm_macros.txtf844d8aa8ac402b50839a03dc3fca6b6d673ad660a77576daa529d726e84d5b4 |
xlm-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) | 1242 bytes |
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