MALICIOUS
180
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1059.005 Visual Basic
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
The sample is an Excel 4.0 macro sheet containing an Auto_Open macro, which is a known technique for executing malicious code upon opening the workbook. The document body explicitly instructs the user to "Enable Editing" and "Enable Content", a common social engineering tactic to bypass security warnings and trigger the macro. The presence of dangerous formula APIs and environment evasion techniques further indicates malicious intent.
Heuristics 4
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Excel 4.0 Auto_Open defined name critical OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN_DEFINEDNAMEoletools 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.
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XLM Auto_Open with dangerous formula APIs critical OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FNExcel 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.
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XLM Auto_Open environment-evasion HALT gate high OLE_XLM_ENVIRONMENT_EVASION_HALTExcel 4.0 macro sheet auto-executes multiple GET.WORKSPACE / GET.WINDOW environment checks and halts execution when the host does not match the expected user environment. This is a common sandbox-evasion pattern in XLM malware and is stronger than a bare XLM macro-sheet indicator.
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Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro sheet present medium OLE_XLM_AUTOOPENWorkbook 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.
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
xlm_macros.txt |
xlm-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) | 267955 bytes |
SHA-256: f7ae7355af55161c3be86416b96692f4524cac8540ec5d4a19ba5bf82faf54c2 |
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Preview scriptFirst 1,000 lines of the extracted script
' 0085 14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, visible - Sheet ' 0085 15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - Excel 4.0 macro sheet, visible - i9m1Ry ' 0018 23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - built-in-name 1 Auto_Open hidden len=7 ptgNameX NAMEIDX 16 ' 0018 21 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - bOKCyb len=0 ' 0018 25 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - cUWITcYXtb len=0 ' 0018 24 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - HdjCjsKwi len=0 ' 0018 24 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - IoxpUaYcy len=0 ' 0018 27 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - kbYgsCeeWJQU len=0 ' 0018 22 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - kpPMaoY len=0 ' 0018 27 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - oGcrClLebtvp len=0 ' 0018 21 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - PqXPNF len=0 ' 0018 24 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - QVqSyFQqP len=0 ' 0018 25 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - SKlPAFIMlV len=0 ' 0018 26 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - tHgajPQrwNl len=0 ' 0018 24 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - tSmFDmLsg len=0 ' 0018 25 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - xGuNgjQRje len=0 ' 0018 25 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - yGnGKThUAu len=0 ' 0018 30 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - hidden len=7 ptgRef3d Sheet!FM3079 ' 0018 20 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - ZQikW len=0 ' 002a 2 PRINTHEADERS : Print Row/Column Labels ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd 10 LABELSST : Cell Value, String Constant/ SST ' 00fd ... (truncated) |
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