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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 10


Maldoc score: 23


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ef02701e2196f54b5858bcb67a41d34fc9a5f248efdae181c701c200950d638d
SHA3-384 hash: 6f137e899d4023d877cf192110ea5895e7903c031ebda671a5b7c992bc98549d80bc3d87d86eeeb9ba17ba38350b1d78
SHA1 hash: 370ebedc5723854eff86d8c1369134b6f29ef772
MD5 hash: bb53eadd474551b0061c626f22fcd806
humanhash: mike-pasta-march-king
File name:Pago.xls
Download: download sample
File size:158'720 bytes
First seen:2023-01-03 16:32:19 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 3072:WHxEtjPOtioVjDGUU1qfDlaGGx+cL2QnAGbGABSyRRKE2tU27slqDNjc+r7I+JMI:GxEtjPOtioVjDGUU1qfDlavx+W2QnAYM
TLSH T172F3BE957695D895D24917B50CE6C2EAA733FC42AE3B430B3244F36F1E73AD08D13A1A
TrID 46.5% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (56500/1/4)
26.7% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (32500/1/3)
20.1% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (24500/1/2)
6.5% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:xls

Office OLE Information


This malware samples appears to be an Office document. The following table provides more information about this document using oletools and oledump.

OLE id
Maldoc score: 23
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 19 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1107 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3208 bytesSummaryInformation
4122638 bytesWorkbook
5640 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
6128 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
7968 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Module1
8985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
9985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
10985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
1110699 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
126384 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
132466 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_0
14332 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_1
152148 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_2
16352 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_3
1784 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_4
18104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_5
19612 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/dir
OLE vba

MalwareBazaar was able to extract and deobfuscate VBA script(s) the following information from OLE objects embedded in this file using olevba:

TypeKeywordDescription
AutoExecWorkbook_OpenRuns when the Excel Workbook is opened
SuspiciousOpenMay open a file
SuspiciousWriteMay write to a file (if combined with Open)
Suspiciousadodb.streamMay create a text file
SuspiciousSaveToFileMay create a text file
SuspiciousShellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousWScript.ShellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousCreateObjectMay create an OLE object
SuspiciousShell.ApplicationMay run an application (if combined with CreateObject)
Suspiciousmicrosoft.xmlhttpMay download files from the Internet
SuspiciousChrMay attempt to obfuscate specific strings (use option --deobf to deobfuscate)
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
186
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Pago.xls
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2023-01-03 16:35:29 UTC
Tags:
macros macros-on-open

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
DNS request
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
macros macros-on-open packed
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
8.1/10
Score Malicious:
81%
Score Benign:
19%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Macro with Startup Hook
Detected macro logic that will automatically execute on document open. Most malware contains some execution hook.
Macro with File System Write
Detected macro logic that can write data to the file system.
Shell.Application Object
Detected the instantiation of Shell Application object within the macro.
Macro Contains Suspicious String
Detected a macro with a suspicious string. Suspicious strings include privileged function calls, obfuscations, odd registry keys, etc...
Document With Minimal Content
Document contains less than 1 kilobyte of semantic information.
Result
Threat name:
Unknown
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Document contains an embedded VBA macro with suspicious strings
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to ADO stream file operations
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to HTTP operations
Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files)
Document exploit detected (drops PE files)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office process drops PE file
PE file contains section with special chars
Yara detected Costura Assembly Loader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Script.Trojan.Valyria
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-01-03 12:10:36 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
30
AV detection:
22 of 38 (57.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
macro macro_on_action
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Enumerates physical storage devices
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:BitcoinAddress
Author:Didier Stevens (@DidierStevens)
Description:Contains a valid Bitcoin address
Rule name:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:meth_get_eip
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:pdb_YARAify
Author:@wowabiy314
Description:PDB

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Malspam

Excel file xls ef02701e2196f54b5858bcb67a41d34fc9a5f248efdae181c701c200950d638d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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