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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca9398b404ed12d5…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

252.0 KB Created: 2020-11-11 04:31:47 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 231a2f62f981812e5e4f75ff3e921630 SHA-1: 929e28fbcb43f931bb48c9bd605b04bc8c87ef31 SHA-256: ca9398b404ed12d52fbb46d1887be3aa7a0417829e7f8de384752cf9db65cf33
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The sample is an encrypted Excel 4.0 macro sheet, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The presence of an 'AUTOOPEN' macro further suggests that the sheet is designed to execute code upon opening. While no specific family is identifiable, the obfuscation and macro execution point to a downloader or droppper functionality.

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.