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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c39c463e221a61fd…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

118.0 KB Created: 2020-04-01 21:09:54 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 893274f952158162c74b56ce68e16435 SHA-1: 5dc323a2dc78f86e21c84be3ba8529d34b81d377 SHA-256: c39c463e221a61fdbb08795fdd6f8583a52e2977bc108356c7745e64b02147f7
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The sample is an encrypted Excel 4.0 macro sheet, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including OLE_XLM_ENCRYPTED_MACROSHEET and OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN. The presence of encrypted macros strongly suggests malicious intent, likely to execute arbitrary code. No document body or script content was available for further analysis.

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • OLE metadata lists many Excel 4.0 macro sheets high OLE_XLM_DOCPROPS_MACROSHEET_INVENTORY
    Workbook contains a BIFF Excel 4.0 macro-sheet marker and its clear OLE DocumentSummaryInformation stream lists many MacroN sheet titles. This is a useful static signal when FILEPASS encryption prevents formula extraction from the workbook stream.
  • 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.