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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 977c8f7a3b5847da…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

43.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 0edbcf7f47d9ec79e15149ae9e9196f3 SHA-1: e8896e7998762d736e904b54dae30be145b6e975 SHA-256: 977c8f7a3b5847da1be889174834ebda81759530a1003e4ed10fe2485d8ef36b
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Service Execution: Visual Basic T1218.011 System Binary Proxy Execution: Rundll32 T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The sample contains Excel 4.0 macros with an Auto_Open entry, indicating automatic execution upon opening. The macros utilize dangerous functions like RUN and REGISTER, and the embedded URL `http://crazy-a-ophelia.dee.cc/sqkqkx/` is used in conjunction with `rundll32.exe` and `DllRegisterServer` to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document body and macro names suggest a lure related to DocuSign or file delivery.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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
b68def77bf3d78b7c0be9f30ad60574365101f4a762f9255957bf746dbc07ff7		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 1729 bytes

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