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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4b5d93468c950c3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSM

431.1 KB Created: 2021-08-19 14:03:52 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 15.0300 First seen: 2022-04-20
MD5: 24b4b81a11e374604337131b6e909492 SHA-1: 94591441038c840ebab0e427c562d3beeb6114ef SHA-256: b4b5d93468c950c37f210b9b14cb5c546a1f48389e8540cbad50d904bfcf8450
382 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The Workbook_Open macro executes a command using cmd.exe to download a batch file from the embedded URL using certutil.exe and then executes the downloaded file. The downloaded batch file is named 'Ofsiuud.exe.exe'. This indicates a downloader or dropper functionality.

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://3.70.247.229/class/loader/uploads/TQL507852000.bat

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
f447af45b8efff12e1083d8b247655b0a7406253ba971ace8e0372925dc8b101
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) 1106 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
78a912a005de35e83b84600e23248f7553e1f116372ef93d2fbdfd6103ca2b40
vba-project OOXML VBA project: xl/vbaProject.bin 5632 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Dropper.EPPlus-9802867-2
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely