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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d57be9b8aa4397d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

373.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 6cad098d56e04f745d84900e26f1cfc0 SHA-1: 54f83065083d7698857cfc821cd6b2a2469da32c SHA-256: 7d57be9b8aa4397d37419d9a6ea5f735a251376269c4400b4afbe53c3cb4fd20
162 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros with an Auto_Open entry, indicating an attempt to automatically execute code upon opening. The macros utilize dangerous functions like RUN, suggesting the execution of external code. The document body and extracted URLs point to external resources, likely for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of an 'enable lure' heuristic 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.
  • 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://pfamilydentist.com/OgdaW8AjEF/alex.html
    • https://thevoorpret.com/wQSapbrm9WmH/alex.html

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
7eb5e48f136258965c2495a123fc1d7ae2138b901360da5008973ba86cc22008		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 5292 bytes

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