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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed0fc3568d6ef526…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

195.0 KB Created: 2020-11-09 01:16:41 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 11be6a1a52e427b5196e461d4454bc96 SHA-1: 5c3c9f48150ab1ede93895a24bd04031a579c1a9 SHA-256: ed0fc3568d6ef526c030c65fd02e9ea2b63f924a847f75b5d0f3fd1279d55b1e
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 presence of an auto-open macro (OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN) suggests it is designed to execute automatically upon opening. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, preventing further analysis of its specific intent. However, the combination of encryption and auto-execution points to a downloader or droppper functionality.

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.