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-enabled workbook. Heuristics indicate the presence of an Auto_Open macro, which is designed to execute automatically when the workbook is opened. The document body contains a social engineering lure to 'Enable Editing' and 'Enable Content', suggesting the user is expected to bypass security warnings to trigger the macro. The macro uses dangerous formula APIs and includes environment evasion techniques, indicating malicious intent to execute a payload.
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) | 271139 bytes |
SHA-256: 035ce7836e9322217c574bc5de898a95a27e25f59d86defb892a99ba260b4c2b |
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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 13 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - Excel 4.0 macro sheet, visible - s9rT ' 0018 26 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - auTNnbFiTCc len=0 ' 0018 23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - built-in-name 1 Auto_Open hidden len=7 ptgNameX NAMEIDX 15 ' 0018 27 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - bbghlLDcBtHo len=0 ' 0018 27 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - CMwihoXmLvcv len=0 ' 0018 25 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - dLzoKHniYS len=0 ' 0018 27 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - glQZaaGNNbdQ len=0 ' 0018 23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - KgVliPoY len=0 ' 0018 24 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - kspbHOdyv len=0 ' 0018 24 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - MzpvGBSkR len=0 ' 0018 25 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - nCridzRDuP len=0 ' 0018 21 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - sylLEL len=0 ' 0018 22 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - tBpiVnM len=0 ' 0018 24 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - TSsGCTUKX len=0 ' 0018 23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - VnNakKGM len=0 ' 0018 31 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - hidden len=7 ptgRef3d Sheet!CO12412 ' 0018 23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - XBhlziwG len=0 ' 0018 23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - XwTUgrKP 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 ' 00 ... (truncated) |
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