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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93129fbf583ce2e6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

305.5 KB Created: 2020-10-05 11:56:18
MD5: 5b51fd5c0bf460270094853a7bcdb803 SHA-1: 71ff6cff03c018baf816bd4d696ce348a5e35277 SHA-256: 93129fbf583ce2e637e0a21c490a549e1597902179636ebc13a7c937b5707782
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.005 Visual Basic T1204.002 Malicious File

The Workbook_Open macro fires automatically when the XLS file is opened. It contains a PowerShell command that uses Invoke-WebRequest (iwr) to download a file from http://192.236.178.80/7z/bin-cyber.jpg and save it as C:\Users\Public\fxuckjqqee.exe. It then executes the downloaded file. This indicates a downloader or droppper functionality.

Heuristics 4

  • Workbook_Open macro high OLE_VBA_WBOPEN
    Workbook_Open macro
  • CreateObject call high OLE_VBA_CREATEOBJ
    CreateObject call
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • VBA macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
48938d2b0cc68f52d152af20dbd19aeb5cb547de844f8dda18ae36ba84ec3142
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 1259 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.