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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e9f3ef4cbfe34a4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .X

430.0 KB Created: 2001-01-10 04:19:08 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 29eb518e1dd9b8409081644c603cdeb6 SHA-1: 6ca17ffbd93d44758239eeb2b9f612d6bb002453 SHA-256: 9e9f3ef4cbfe34a4ad8e628f625895a5cdeb3049fb580ddee7904f09440f81aa
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is an Excel document containing a high-severity Auto_Open VBA macro, indicating malicious code execution upon opening. The macro's purpose is presumed to be downloading and executing a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access and further infection. No specific family could be identified from the available evidence.

Heuristics 2

  • Auto_Open macro high OLE_VBA_AUTO
    Auto_Open macro
  • 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
a75d97a0bafb64e2a6d47da7e4f4642bead9b91f01184c2317d06bb6eb28a3ae
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 109490 bytes