Malicious Office (OLE) / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0b74cef529e2ad0…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

68.0 KB Created: 2020-04-13 17:59:51 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 6ea16308002357ca7c52aea5917739f9 SHA-1: cbd474b373ce1f7bcf5d096e52fbea30efffa40b SHA-256: c0b74cef529e2ad080347e3ffa0191873e7b947beb6b17462f8f8c54f2cff4ac
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The file is an Excel 4.0 macro sheet that is encrypted, which is a strong indicator of malicious intent. The presence of an 'AUTOOPEN' macro further suggests that code execution is intended upon opening the document. No specific family could be identified due to the encryption and lack of further script details.

Heuristics 2

  • Encrypted Excel 4.0 macro sheet high OLE_XLM_ENCRYPTED_MACROSHEET
    Workbook contains an Excel 4.0 macro sheet and BIFF FILEPASS encryption. Password-protected XLM macro sheets, especially the default Excel password path, are a common malware evasion pattern because static formula extraction may fail until the workbook is decrypted.
  • 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.