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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e904e0e341412166…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

91.0 KB Created: 2021-02-25 10:09:36 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 16.0300 First seen: 2022-06-20
MD5: 2c3beba27a366bc0cdca9311b53bbeb9 SHA-1: 21f6dc1ce6ae5c47e3fbb3f65fdf43deef90f022 SHA-256: e904e0e341412166588dad98db9eed82535f88947d1091ee80dc4e98dce8e64a
60 Risk Score

Heuristics 1

  • Excel 4.0 macro sheet (1 sheet(s)) critical OOXML_XLM_MACROSHEET
    Spreadsheet contains an Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro sheet — XLM was a major Office malware vector during 2020-2022 and evaded many VBA-focused controls before Microsoft tightened XLM defaults. Even legitimate XLM use is rare in modern workbooks. The macro sheet is stored as XLSB/BIFF12 binary content, which many XML-only OOXML scanners miss.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_sheet_00.bin xlm-macrosheet OOXML XLM macro sheet: xl/macrosheets/sheet1.bin 2535 bytes
SHA-256: 733dff4bae87d01094d4500698cc0abb5908234a52eec34a76c776a59435773a
Preview script
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