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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d49b40d468269f57…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

91.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 4107cd071635b4cc3689f77c688f57c3 SHA-1: cf6dea64431b614757906f32d3d1f016b5afdbb5 SHA-256: d49b40d468269f57fb87ea6ad7fd8bb303fbeb033dbd45fb4967c34c5dfbc2ed
80 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications T1204.002 Malicious File

The sample is an Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro-enabled spreadsheet. It contains an Auto_Open macro that utilizes dangerous formula APIs, specifically the RUN function, indicating an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The document body and heuristics suggest a lure to enable macros, a common tactic for malware droppers. The embedded URL is likely used to download a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
  • 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 https://helendunnosteopathy.co.uk/ds/2202.gif

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
f8e4496a98963101db60727dd23897fc0561510d7b10f276fec256634eb54971		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 3016 bytes

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