MALICIOUS
200
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications
T1204.002 Malicious File
The sample is an Excel 4.0 spreadsheet containing an Auto_Open macro, which is a known technique for executing malicious code. ClamAV detection confirms this is an Emotet downloader variant. The macro likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, as indicated by the 'RUN=0' API call within the Auto_Open macro.
Heuristics 4
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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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ClamAV: Xls.Downloader.Emotet-ea81817e7f807ab1-9952142-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Downloader.Emotet-ea81817e7f807ab1-9952142-0
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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 |
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xlm_macros.txtbae78e0fbdd64b8eec8c06df7d5d04bcbe08bac4f096bf4874c086635223fd8c |
xlm-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) | 8141 bytes |
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