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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2672e6fd55b1291…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSM

102.2 KB Created: 2021-08-19 14:03:52 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 15.0300
MD5: 6903940ad6060424129a81364b2e2e97 SHA-1: d39323be0e24ee5b72b798e77913509321dcd805 SHA-256: c2672e6fd55b129125a19c7837943c0844c03ec02dcf165af183f9e4df4dccbc
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 'http://3.112.243.28/net/Ugrfa.bat' using certutil.exe, and then executes the downloaded file named 'Opcbuyjhg.exe.exe'. This indicates the macro's purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Xls.Dropper.EPPlus-9802867-2' further supports its classification as a dropper.

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://3.112.243.28/net/Ugrfa.bat

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
24cb546dc595fd2335678717e88a169676df5932882d8cbe7d604ce7d2dcbb1d
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) 1086 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
e0e7c73b8f4f8a45c5e6f2f611806e8589306209d53b6a667d89a1954757f93d
vba-project OOXML VBA project: xl/vbaProject.bin 5632 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Dropper.EPPlus-9802867-2
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely