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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ac51c39ca21ef41…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

367.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: eb62bde5f4cf7a976141a62de3ae562a SHA-1: dbee76c5231eb1b6e69c744ae9aa8a2d0c4d04f2 SHA-256: 6ac51c39ca21ef41fc173b0e245fe7abea6e5f8382ca3f92fe4f27ca23ebd114
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open defined name, which is a known technique for executing malicious code upon opening the workbook. The macros are designed to bypass security by instructing the user to enable them. The sample also contains embedded URLs that are likely used to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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.
  • 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
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://signifysystem.com/ceg7AX7oN0o/ue.html
    • https://fcventasyservicios.cl/k60jvjcT/ue.html

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
c7d4d2bead8580d5104e88300cefa6eb3ebffd421d1191db8449676bfb792ff2
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 8209 bytes