Malicious Office (OOXML) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4b7c448588b1e66…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML)

41.5 KB Created: 2021-06-22 12:43:05 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 16.0300
MD5: 6321da5cff21177645dc8f670c404f53 SHA-1: 8317335a282895140e0be2b32518277fb4dd32d1 SHA-256: f4b7c448588b1e669ea37985790a6bbf9905ddd643a66e9efe4619d82e0121b4
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The OOXML file contains VBA macros that reference cmd.exe and PowerShell. The GetObject call and the presence of VBA macros suggest an attempt to execute malicious code. The script's primary function appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, though the specific URL or command is obfuscated within the macro.

Heuristics 4

  • PowerShell reference in VBA critical OLE_VBA_PS
    PowerShell reference in VBA
  • GetObject call high OLE_VBA_GETOBJ
    GetObject call
  • cmd.exe reference in VBA high OLE_VBA_CMD
    cmd.exe reference in VBA
  • VBA project inside OOXML medium OOXML_VBA
    Document contains a VBA project — VBA macros present

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
d0beb648b303489fe714ea9f3599805f5ec667d6deea89fcf8e5bb0e822f94da
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) 34430 bytes
vbaProject_00.bin
63abae758789fcc18537038940e2ce7896d681dcb5cd8cea09d26b02e62f801d
vba-project OOXML VBA project: xl/vbaProject.bin 11264 bytes