Malicious Office (OOXML) / .XLSM — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3ea2d0c11c8365c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSM

102.2 KB Created: 2021-08-19 14:03:52 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 15.0300
MD5: 93ab8dad0552468087786998c6d68886 SHA-1: 45e0beb60b00dd78ae7ceaab58765b4bd67a9259 SHA-256: b3ea2d0c11c8365cdc6e078e8aed9a4d16d4244d21fbd2cf093f758a5a33e608
382 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1204.002 Malicious File T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer T1059.005 Visual Basic

The Workbook_Open macro executes a command using cmd.exe to download a batch file from the URL "http://18.156.129.63/entity/534897522033.bat" and then executes it. This indicates the sample is a dropper designed to fetch and run a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 9

  • Shell() call in VBA critical OLE_VBA_SHELL
    Shell() call in VBA
  • LOLBin reference in VBA critical OLE_VBA_LOLBIN
    LOLBin reference in VBA
  • ClamAV: Xls.Dropper.EPPlus-9802867-2 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Dropper.EPPlus-9802867-2
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • Workbook_Open macro high OLE_VBA_WBOPEN
    Workbook_Open macro
  • cmd.exe reference in VBA high OLE_VBA_CMD
    cmd.exe reference in VBA
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • VBA project inside OOXML medium OOXML_VBA
    Document contains vbaProject.bin — VBA macros present
  • 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://18.156.129.63/entity/534897522033.bat

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
107dcc7c3efdfce8eef7c76bb8c4be545fb4e998508ad56b5ae1cdba0b690550		 vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) 1121 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.
vbaProject_00.bin
ebbb79124fb0b00cfcef0c44a12dcb7fb951e8c6445c69f46ab3f20e763885af		 vba-project OOXML VBA project: xl/vbaProject.bin 5632 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Dropper.EPPlus-9802867-2
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely

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