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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3c424f30b74716c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

315.5 KB Created: 2020-04-23 12:26:24 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 7b9e9bf12a24656edbe360bfaef6b82a SHA-1: a2dbdfa7ce03a6ff076dcf76bc9539814e0d4c6e SHA-256: c3c424f30b74716c818dd81233b519a9610f5cfd59970cf3aab2aff4c9a041b0
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The sample is an encrypted Excel 4.0 macro sheet, indicated by the OLE_XLM_ENCRYPTED_MACROSHEET heuristic. The OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN heuristic suggests that macros are present and likely intended to execute automatically. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, preventing further analysis of its specific intent. However, the presence of encrypted macros strongly suggests a malicious purpose, likely to download and execute a secondary payload.

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.