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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d51d8a8cddfb12fc…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

261.5 KB Created: 2020-09-14 21:28:14 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 9d470ee5e0da118bc0a938f4546e5039 SHA-1: 9aa3a178e266278e542bd7f249adef6210488db5 SHA-256: d51d8a8cddfb12fc63f295fae76ccd80dde62548cbfc7fdbfc559dd44382f8f0
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications

The sample is an Excel 4.0 macro sheet that is encrypted, which is a common technique for obfuscating malicious content. The presence of an 'AUTOOPEN' macro further suggests that the sheet is designed to execute automatically upon opening. While no specific URLs or scripts were extracted, the encryption and macro sheet structure strongly indicate a malicious intent, likely for payload delivery.

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.