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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7d67b4da373eeda…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

329.0 KB Created: 2020-04-23 12:26:24 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 86fc7e8a0c11b2e6a168d8d81379f123 SHA-1: 761d9f283acad678865f2432afc14e6a58c06c29 SHA-256: f7d67b4da373eeda4ddfd4cfa3af7413cee29135c81bd03a9bb0763e858b7d61
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 truncated, preventing further analysis of its specific intent or payload delivery. Therefore, the exact attack pattern and family remain unclear.

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.