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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbf60c288c0b0a4c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

194.0 KB Created: 2020-11-10 04:28:20 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 3db4c6ef9fd23d5582f16aecf1480c17 SHA-1: d8482a21bfd6720ff5072f65f68ccb4958c2c764 SHA-256: dbf60c288c0b0a4cede18275d07de5583b42c1d35597d42f8ef950f4f2f49941
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 OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN heuristic further confirms the presence of an auto-executing macro. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, suggesting an attempt to hide malicious content. Without readable script content or further heuristics, the exact payload delivery mechanism remains unclear, but the presence of encrypted macros strongly suggests a malicious intent to execute code upon opening.

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.