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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed17094f3e820674…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

88.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 139a10b28479f4f9e2e4465053e039f8 SHA-1: 10251eb69e603ed7259265015b71b1160e3b4a06 SHA-256: ed17094f3e820674c9fa18192292108e8766d28eb0afcc0cf350a44b54196c1d
80 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is an Excel 4.0 (XLM) spreadsheet containing an Auto_Open macro. This macro utilizes dangerous formula APIs, specifically the RUN function, which is highly indicative of malicious intent. The presence of a macro-enable lure further supports this, as it's a common technique to bypass security measures. The embedded URLs suggest the macro is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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 https://kashful.softwarebd.biz/ds/1802.Dc
    • https://kashful.softwarebd.biz/ds/1802.gif

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
d14420fca9e1bef1ca008148d1425bbc7e750b1f16ab9e0eda8b389b55c79285
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 3270 bytes