MALICIOUS
100
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic
T1204.002 Malicious File
The critical heuristic OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN_DEFINEDNAME indicates the presence of an Excel 4.0 Auto_Open macro, which is designed to execute automatically when the document is opened. The SE_ENABLE_LURE heuristic confirms that the document prompts the user to enable macros. The extracted URL http://dfyf19fytrc03magy.xyz/apple.gif is highly suspicious and likely serves as the download location for a secondary payload. The macro's intent is to download and execute a payload from this URL, disguised as a document signing service.
Heuristics 3
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Excel 4.0 Auto_Open defined name critical OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN_DEFINEDNAMEoletools recovered an Auto_Open / Auto_Close entry from an Excel 4.0 macro sheet. The raw BIFF name can be tokenized or partially opaque to byte-string checks, but the recovered macro listing confirms the workbook has an XLM auto-execution entry.
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Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro sheet present medium OLE_XLM_AUTOOPENWorkbook 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.
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Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LUREDocument instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
xlm_macros.txt2ac443b2f7a7c7dacab58d688f79b899d711838fbcffc1be18f4e47ef994457a |
xlm-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) | 4016 bytes |
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