Malicious Office (OOXML) / .XLSX — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e53ad622864f7852…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

111.6 KB Created: 2015-06-05 18:17:20 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 12.0000
MD5: 9f936b65e329e2ff48b785be1d01d26d SHA-1: 0b939ce33a2a601ac1a4d017fe0dd6d23e53f8c7 SHA-256: e53ad622864f7852f562e13966e16d7219eb35f9f00fe0d18f0ad5a1f1f9484d
260 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.005 Visual Basic T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a macro-enabled Excel document detected as malicious by ClamAV. The Workbook_Open macro is present, indicating automatic execution upon opening. The script attempts to create a file at 'c:\programdata\jledshf.bat' and another at 'c:\programdata\sduoixo.vbs', and then executes the batch file. The script also contains a long, obfuscated string that appears to be a list of URLs, likely for downloading a second-stage payload. The presence of the 'CreateObject' call and the execution of external files strongly suggest a downloader or dropper functionality.

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Doc.Malware.Valyria-10004384-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Malware.Valyria-10004384-0
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • Workbook_Open macro high OLE_VBA_WBOPEN
    Workbook_Open macro
  • CreateObject call high OLE_VBA_CREATEOBJ
    CreateObject call
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • VBA project inside OOXML medium OOXML_VBA
    Document contains vbaProject.bin — VBA macros present

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
527d0656a0c2c323955d068683ef8f7e20c035cda247a1e24383595c0eb3403b
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) 7821 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.
vbaProject_00.bin
d076adc48a4ecb280862bbdee12233c70f26ffbde490cdb284b2f43c4f306e6b
vba-project OOXML VBA project: xl/vbaProject.bin 37888 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Malware.Valyria-10004384-0
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.