Malicious Office (OOXML) / .XLSM — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82e713f071d7492e…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSM

317.4 KB Created: 2021-08-16 09:36:27 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 12.0000
MD5: 3333b5028893e1fc6fb205abbe3a4cf2 SHA-1: e31825ddc733d4684d9d3ad4dad7ea382424be35 SHA-256: 82e713f071d7492e1958a7a58834b16109f47599dd7058e5e1825ec6103f84d4
190 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This Excel 4.0 macro-enabled workbook (XLSM) contains a hidden sheet with Auto_Open defined names and dangerous functions like FOPEN, FWRITE, FCLOSE, EXEC, and HALT. The macro attempts to construct a path to 'C:\ProgramData\hYamVz.sct' and likely uses the EXEC function to run it, indicating it's a downloader for a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 5

  • Excel 4.0 macro sheet (1 sheet(s)) critical OOXML_XLM_MACROSHEET
    Spreadsheet contains an Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro sheet — XLM was a major Office malware vector during 2020-2022 and evaded many VBA-focused controls before Microsoft tightened XLM defaults. Even legitimate XLM use is rare in modern workbooks.
  • Excel 4.0 Auto_Open defined name critical OOXML_XLM_AUTOOPEN_DEFINEDNAME
    Workbook defines _xlnm.Auto_Open or _xlnm.Auto_Close while containing an XLM macro sheet. This is the OOXML/XLSB auto-execution shape for Excel 4.0 macros.
  • Dangerous XLM formula APIs: FOPEN, FWRITE, FCLOSE, EXEC, HALT critical OOXML_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN
    Excel 4.0 macro sheet uses formula APIs that call directly into Win32 (=CALL/=EXEC/=REGISTER/=FORMULA). These are the primitives used to download payloads, write files, and start processes from an XLM macro without invoking VBA.
  • Hidden worksheet (hidden) low OOXML_HIDDEN_SHEET
    Excel workbook contains 1 hidden sheet(s) — hidden sheets are commonly used to conceal macro code, staging data, or intermediate payload construction
  • 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 http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2006/main
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_sheet_00.xml
4bd8e1915260165109e015408b4644ef40537d3c3269cb2b3248be7c960ef8c7		 xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/sheet1.xml 1569962 bytes

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