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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84bdf5a23f75af16…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

46.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: b1497addfc8c35b57be12af3741baba6 SHA-1: 76e5dcbdd6858a131f201345c27ed7ef416cd737 SHA-256: 84bdf5a23f75af1662e83f97b9277d967dd787f80b313f423fabb87a9eaeb1af
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open function that is configured to execute dangerous formula APIs, including RUN. The macro sheet also contains a reference to a local file path and a URL, uzelkapi.com/de/getappsr.php, which is likely used to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of a macro-enable lure further supports the malicious intent.

Heuristics 4

  • 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
bf19d180e7466fda15f430f200b84f688b1373b6ede7b8010983c3e2215e7bd2
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 3601 bytes