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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef0f9ad4cf758af1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

452.0 KB Created: 2020-10-13 21:52:06
MD5: 7460ef8f9071d41fc59c1f22f7621130 SHA-1: eff2284f854616e8ac8e83105b450ac1a94c040a SHA-256: ef0f9ad4cf758af1bc1f43177a331ca2d36bd358664a618b40ff07e966d37f4e
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The sample contains a Workbook_Open macro that executes a PowerShell command. This command downloads a file from http://35.178.75.69/8/067470.jpg and saves it as C:\Users\Public\Videos\lbgedgh.exe, then executes the downloaded file. This indicates a downloader or droppper functionality.

Heuristics 7

  • Reference to PowerShell high SC_STR_POWERSHELL
    Reference to PowerShell
  • Workbook_Open macro high OLE_VBA_WBOPEN
    Workbook_Open macro
  • CreateObject call high OLE_VBA_CREATEOBJ
    CreateObject call
  • Visible LOLBin command execution instruction high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Document contains instructions or visible command text involving Windows script/execution tools such as PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, or regsvr32
  • 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
  • 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://35.178.75.69/8/067470.jpg

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
79e262afe919caca4df602f6cd4a2d3ee0092a38419090d7dcdd407eeaf6a422
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 1776 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.