Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d53889cbd33f37e7…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

205.5 KB Created: 2020-07-16 03:34:56 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel First seen: 2020-09-07
MD5: b1f3f3ab32926abdc96bd9b8c8c087f2 SHA-1: 4d27f4fd109262610b98b4374302c9ddb6130ec5 SHA-256: d53889cbd33f37e7ba92ac50e2b4ae7dc8a95a28b0d1a094547d6b0a50b526d8
160 Risk Score

Heuristics 4

  • Excel 4.0 Auto_Open defined name critical OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN_DEFINEDNAME
    oletools 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.
  • XLM Auto_Open with dangerous formula APIs critical 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 92125 bytes
SHA-256: 538e74137d29e5ddc025ec5db055142fb19738658fd049d066c6deea2c9e339f
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
' 0085     11 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - Excel 4.0 macro sheet, visible -  vr
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     20 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  TkWazalfxuS
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet1
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet2
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet2
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet2
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet2
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet2
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet2
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet2
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet2
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet2
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet2
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet3
' 0085     15 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, hidden -  Sheet3
' 0085     14 BOUNDSHEET : Sheet Information - worksheet or dialog sheet, visible -  Sheet
' 0018     23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - acJdiqgM len=0 
' 0018     18 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - aEG len=0 
' 0018     23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - built-in-name 1 Auto_Open len=7 ptgRef3d  vr!R44822 
' 0018     16 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - b len=0 
' 0018     23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - bCLXzTyW len=0 
' 0018     34 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - bpxyIgbEGmsMUKpkljo len=0 
' 0018     25 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - bpzUhVIiFE len=0 
' 0018     29 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - BqhvGoobOpLYmU len=0 
' 0018     52 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - BwIMavxHRLoFXrLFuajjimYRYDPPeildCRKtb len=0 
' 0018     47 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - bzSrSdXpYvfpvrEUjqsCZUxzgmGODiee len=0 
' 0018     56 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - cjOoaptwoNqVFBpKzqFPxxkXyUhvdugkKyvpIFcxW len=0 
' 0018     45 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - ckxZtYwOaPMGYVscmsozRSnpyWDgwd len=0 
' 0018     48 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - CPZuIvhJfdGnFquVuGzSPmIgZVgxMhVfD len=0 
' 0018     22 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - cWolIeD len=0 
' 0018     23 LABEL : Cell Value, String Constant - Ddmybuax len=
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