Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70742df621ac1f6d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

162.5 KB Created: 2020-07-06 06:20:15 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel First seen: 2020-07-24
MD5: 36df259f569a062b07ada3bd625d5030 SHA-1: 86081847e28dae5825680e313c0ae8f1d0b93309 SHA-256: 70742df621ac1f6d9899a7ac19140feb5c4f0ca8559dc2dab4b13453c4282113
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.005 Visual Basic

This Excel document contains Excel 4.0 macros that are configured to auto-execute upon opening. The macros employ environment evasion techniques and use dangerous functions, including a `RUN` command, to download and execute a second-stage payload from the reconstructed URL: `http://line.wracomsuXDjURLMONdTFAJCSEgv\IqVQZKyGBfzXkaTDknIkoDNiviVwTRtbs`. The presence of a macro-enable lure further supports the malicious intent.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • XLM Auto_Open environment-evasion close gate critical OLE_XLM_ENVIRONMENT_EVASION_CLOSE
    Excel 4.0 macro sheet auto-executes environment checks with GET.WORKSPACE / GET.WINDOW, then shows a fake corruption/error message and closes the workbook when the host fails those checks. This is a malware sandbox-evasion pattern, even when the later payload stage is hidden behind obfuscated defined-name flow.
  • 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 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 47714 bytes
SHA-256: 32b26f25c978718e69f49ccff9f203a292cf33899ee4e9fb4f9ec14bfe6d229e
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
' 0085     11 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - Excel 4.0 macro sheet, visible -  tp
' 0085     17 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  hMYYorum
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, visible -  Sheet
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' 0018     23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - built-in-name 1 Auto_Open len=7 ptgRef3d  tp!DS1402 
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' 0018     36 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - BCLjQtJpvPXNsnomrcVcH len=0 
' 0018     58 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - bfFtqkDzXsRXTfiwSUdnhLbtOhbRwGGFKunuZmlCFIz len=0 
' 0018     30 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - BRgCpyWRuwdwDLz len=0 
' 0018     57 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - ccPPqyMnImLcodaUmjGpBHDOfgCENkRuLrxRZOtppn len=0 
' 0018     49 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - CEvVxcNJwSIyNXGGsfGcpEkCosSGExQNjG len=0 
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' 0018     64 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - fJLrLRZOtDECHelsWjiyDFwWldOvxTvzOKsHfgHQcFYEbtTtF len=0 
' 0018     23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - flFNChdd len=0 
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' 0018     28 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - fnEedtjmeDgLJ len=0 
' 0018     56 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - fopnsQWeIVUkoqiIXPzhjEglzvesRSsCOqKoNfFfq len=0 
' 0018     25 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - fToeVjtccP len=0 
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' 0018     17 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - gD len=0 
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' 0018     56 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - GVNxfhCejxIcpdPqNMnVmZdDdoiBxUqPHDPfuQENk len=0 
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' 0018     60 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - hmXQYCdOeikcCeJtpdxoftEmlZMmJVkR
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