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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eac82994777b6430…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

452.0 KB Created: 2020-10-05 07:14:01
MD5: 4f4b085463f4a8885497de8cbcc2aceb SHA-1: a59370e6143369be9c017970158e4e7db617554a SHA-256: eac82994777b64301341675612fcacac8f08af9d468014c8de9f15aa3c784b42
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The sample contains a Workbook_Open VBA macro that utilizes CreateObject to execute a PowerShell command. This command downloads a file from http://45.66.250.101/iT/PSI-00577.jpg and saves it as C:\Users\Public\Documents\ewwejrfrpq.exe, then executes the saved file. The macro's intent is to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 4

  • 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 macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
4c21f254f57ed3b46b5dfa1286dbcc3f277c38418a652ec0f381670ddf4b52c7
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 1259 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.