Xls.Dropper.Agent-7664621-0 — Office (OLE) / .DOC malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3f157a884e067bb…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

222.0 KB Created: 2020-04-07 08:55:27 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 06cbb658e668ea1739d6b0264cb639ee SHA-1: 4288c8d08a25f678082825f10add350af102aeb0 SHA-256: d3f157a884e067bba0fe9da3435feed9ae0951a3ae46b2a469d5ab461fcff5aa
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Xls.Dropper.Agent-7664621-0 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications T1059.001 PowerShell

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.Agent-7664621-0. Static analysis revealed the presence of Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro that utilizes dangerous formula APIs, indicating an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The macro sheet marker and the use of the RUN function strongly suggest the execution of a secondary payload.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Xls.Dropper.Agent-7664621-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Dropper.Agent-7664621-0
  • XLM Auto_Open with dangerous formula APIs high OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN
    Excel 4.0 macro sheet contains an Auto_Open / Auto_Close entry and dangerous XLM formula APIs that can invoke programs, write files, or transfer control without VBA.
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.microsoft.com/photo/1.0/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
f80c357733077e384ca924643ac1d1a4d9de6ad6db584e7a05ffa3f08dfbb02c
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 42532 bytes