Office (OLE) / .XLS malware analysis — malicious · 98bc6a4613e7f71f

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

62.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel

MD5: d0706c838dc08e69080d248bf02e6a1d SHA-1: 3a2fecea92b4637342a6210b2b65972c5e1bf72e SHA-256: 98bc6a4613e7f71ff3d6b9bd92a85c6e318396fc5d3dc1989b1e8d4de0cd02cc

240 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.005 Visual Basic T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1059.004 Python

The sample is an Excel spreadsheet containing both VBA and XLM macros. A Workbook_Open macro is present, which is a common technique for executing malicious code upon opening the document. The presence of SC_STR_URLDOWNLOAD and SC_STR_SHELLEXEC heuristics indicates the macro attempts to download a file from the embedded URL http://blog.vokasidev.com/crun20.gif and execute it. The document body also contains this URL, reinforcing the download and execution lure.

Heuristics 8

Reference to URLDownloadToFile API critical SC_STR_URLDOWNLOAD

Reference to URLDownloadToFile API
Reference to ShellExecute API high SC_STR_SHELLEXEC

Reference to ShellExecute API
XLM Auto_Open with dangerous formula APIs high 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.
Workbook_Open macro high OLE_VBA_WBOPEN

Workbook_Open macro
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.
VBA macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROS

Document contains VBA macro code
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
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://blog.vokasidev.com/crun20.gif�
- http://blog.vokasidev.com/crun20.gif

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`xlm_macros.txt` `d4222e1ad83b892546402a65bce1342319760d5f0e17d0c73ae5f07e792beb86`	xlm-macro	oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing)	9447 bytes
`macros.bas` `c29faf2da8b6b84c63880f8f3ff09f138acdaa94ad9406cab75b546ae0e54428`	vba-macro	oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source)	979 bytes

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