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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9e458b03eaa69bb…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

203.5 KB Created: 2020-10-19 23:28:19 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: e2739b11fa9ef4ddee5f9ab41b1a56ff SHA-1: a10b9a7d05f7e4f04983aed34ba3e52aac0a8642 SHA-256: d9e458b03eaa69bb9cc9a3950d38c6cc78c4aac8df53e0048c7d562e88b61c5f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The sample is an encrypted Excel 4.0 macro sheet, indicated by the OLE_XLM_ENCRYPTED_MACROSHEET heuristic. The presence of an auto-open macro (OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN) suggests it is designed to execute automatically upon opening. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, preventing further analysis of its specific intent. However, the combination of encryption and auto-execution points towards a malicious payload delivery mechanism.

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.