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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d29dc91be987c94a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

452.0 KB Created: 2020-10-05 07:07:30
MD5: d7f2c03757d0a2b5f19a70acedc0c2a4 SHA-1: c956a33d515eae366491ada96330f635159c9b77 SHA-256: d29dc91be987c94a08e4eeb24fa8018826a052978e3e0725f18d64bd1ba99a9d
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1204.002 Malicious File

The Workbook_Open macro fires automatically upon opening the XLS file. It contains a PowerShell command that uses 'iwr' (Invoke-WebRequest) to download a file from 'http://45.66.250.101/iT/PSI-0018.jpg' and saves it as 'C:\Users\Public\Documents\ixnvukmxu.exe'. Subsequently, it executes the downloaded file. This indicates a downloader functionality, aiming to fetch and run a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 4

  • Workbook_Open macro high OLE_VBA_WBOPEN
    Workbook_Open macro
  • CreateObject call high OLE_VBA_CREATEOBJ
    CreateObject call
  • 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 macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
7ba110b63a4323e43cdb68b7fc65328698a94eafbe866d3a9a65007bc2b01a1e
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 1259 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.