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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 feb6ff7e48b2a51c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

227.5 KB Created: 2020-09-24 19:34:15 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 07676a9c1a694e9f5cc496f2018980b5 SHA-1: 5c6c3767501b63edd17240a670a7d3b07385dca1 SHA-256: feb6ff7e48b2a51c6e18671004844af9aff7b6074e5a8bf51e61738287c22664
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 OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN heuristic suggests that macros are configured to run automatically upon opening the document. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, preventing further analysis of its specific intent. However, the combination of an encrypted macro sheet and an auto-execute macro strongly suggests a malicious intent, likely to download and execute a secondary payload.

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.