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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 656a644924a0bcf1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

139.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: faf6b126b9e054252bd88d3fcf530220 SHA-1: a1dd9b2f9303741c756684367d62ae67375fd365 SHA-256: 656a644924a0bcf113d41c25e5231f24be2f1c88aa65e46d16c228b8224be07b
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.005 Visual Basic T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is an Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro-enabled spreadsheet. It contains an Auto_Open macro that uses the RUN function, indicating it attempts to execute an external program. The document body presents a 'Docu Sign' lure to encourage macro execution. The macro likely downloads a second-stage payload from the URL http://lbgyn15pchoit03azhs.xyz/w.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • XLM Auto_Open with dangerous formula APIs critical OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN
    Excel 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.
  • 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
4583b6257f4040cf399938f3a7613c9b14de9c8a696b8acd6dddcebf6049b132		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 4547 bytes

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