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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7892204068276a9…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

49.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 61a63072c09195c7fb516f2a52195fd1 SHA-1: 1596d02160234701c0c61f0893eb1b4a3bc5f3b8 SHA-256: e7892204068276a9339655dd252f3f1cb5819fe939bec6124193017b1d36ce9d
80 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1204.002 Malicious File T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The sample is an Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro-enabled spreadsheet. It contains an Auto_Open macro that uses dangerous formula APIs, specifically the RUN function, to download a file from 'http://ideskonline.com/vzpcwa/222222.png'. The macro also attempts to save the downloaded content as 'C:\ProgramData\Triolexplorer\222222.png.exe', indicating a downloader functionality. The document body contains text that appears to be related to the macro's functionality, including the URL and the intended executable filename.

Heuristics 4

  • XLM Auto_Open with dangerous formula APIs high 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
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ideskonline.com/vzpcwa/222222.png�
    • http://ideskonline.com/vzpcwa/222222.png

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
b85a04030ee15a5823afbe8a5c58782f7c760714b2f75fcf902d376138ea1320
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 2772 bytes