File name:

research-1646684671.xls

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/b812a656-31f1-4a28-93e5-a5b71c9afbe1
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: July 05, 2025, 22:19:44
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
macros40
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.ms-excel
File info: Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 10.0, Code page: 1252, Last Saved By: Amanda, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Excel, Create Time/Date: Fri Jun 5 18:17:20 2015, Last Saved Time/Date: Sun Jun 13 09:24:55 2021, Security: 0
MD5:

927005139A0BE61EFE849C715D875DD2

SHA1:

0F6A91916941D85B69E5320873A5D1C45055BC4E

SHA256:

B23491EDE17F9A5B7D6AD27D3051A2224C214A5AFA2139E5147BD26319577F85

SSDEEP:

6144:Hknl9oBdySAx76F6XeyTVtW/9Ny9ABnl5/PBgxOHjuM9Mq:jl5/WxIjL

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Calls Win API functions (MACROS)

      • EXCEL.EXE (PID: 6524)
    • Registers / Runs the DLL via REGSVR32.EXE

      • EXCEL.EXE (PID: 6524)
    • Unusual execution from MS Office

      • EXCEL.EXE (PID: 6524)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Sets XML DOM element text (SCRIPT)

      • splwow64.exe (PID: 2348)
  • INFO

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • splwow64.exe (PID: 2348)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • slui.exe (PID: 2732)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 2732)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.xls | Microsoft Excel sheet (78.9)

EXIF

FlashPix

Author: -
LastModifiedBy: Amanda
Software: Microsoft Excel
CreateDate: 2015:06:05 18:17:20
ModifyDate: 2021:06:13 09:24:55
Security: None
CodePage: Windows Latin 1 (Western European)
Company: -
ScaleCrop: No
LinksUpToDate: No
TitleOfParts:
  • Doc1
  • Doc2
  • Doc3
  • Doc4
HeadingPairs:
  • Worksheets
  • 1
  • Excel 4.0 Macros
  • 3
No data.
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All screenshots are available in the full report
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Total processes
156
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs excel.exe regsvr32.exe no specs regsvr32.exe no specs slui.exe splwow64.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2348C:\WINDOWS\splwow64.exe 8192C:\Windows\splwow64.exeEXCEL.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Print driver host for applications
Version:
10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\splwow64.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
2732C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
3540\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
4572regsvr32 -s ..\iroto.dllC:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exeEXCEL.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft(C) Register Server
Exit code:
3
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
6240"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\research-1646684671.xlsC:\Windows\System32\cmd.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
6400regsvr32 -s ..\iroto1.dllC:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exeEXCEL.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft(C) Register Server
Exit code:
3
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
6524"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\research-1646684671.xls"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Excel
Version:
16.0.16026.20146
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\excel.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
Total events
9 092
Read events
8 834
Write events
238
Delete events
20

Modification events

(PID) Process:(6240) cmd.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.xls\OpenWithProgids
Operation:writeName:Excel.Sheet.8
Value:
(PID) Process:(6240) cmd.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Cached
Operation:writeName:{97E467B4-98C6-4F19-9588-161B7773D6F6} {886D8EEB-8CF2-4446-8D02-CDBA1DBDCF99} 0xFFFF
Value:
01000000000000007CB38AEBFAEDDB01
(PID) Process:(6524) EXCEL.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\EXCEL\6524
Operation:writeName:0
Value:
0B0E10AB05A3B44267B4499EEAA320E305193F230046EDCEB4F6AEBFFBED016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC906022222CA0DC2190000C91003783634C511FC32D2120965007800630065006C002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300
(PID) Process:(6524) EXCEL.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:en-US
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6524) EXCEL.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:de-de
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6524) EXCEL.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:fr-fr
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6524) EXCEL.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:es-es
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6524) EXCEL.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:it-it
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6524) EXCEL.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:ja-jp
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6524) EXCEL.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:ko-kr
Value:
2
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
12
Text files
2
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
6524EXCEL.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\UsageMetricsStore\FileActivityStoreV3\Excel\ASkwMDAwMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwMDAwMDAwMDBfTnVsbAA.Sbinary
MD5:CC183DD8168C8326C4316B744DB00E3C
SHA256:73A3644DAF8A661AC63A9264DC484A1AE8B99D33A7F857139894FA3424191C8F
6524EXCEL.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\089d66ba04a8cec4bdc5267f42f39cf84278bb67.tbresbinary
MD5:A888453D7DE5C570A5415523368FA2D1
SHA256:F23A322E33434B6E85C1AEEBC444AD440680766AC4AA50AB66EBB657FB8A36E5
6524EXCEL.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\MSO0127.aclbinary
MD5:89E4536BEF16CA48972D84B94E0BA62F
SHA256:6BD09A614564B0709A3FE1B291B3F60FBAE640352D688C81C2C563280E6C2613
6524EXCEL.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\936F10BC72DB0BC0181957BCF75D6817binary
MD5:68DF713E87DC876D9B019E6F57219D48
SHA256:9956416995FFABFDE696A06D62F687BE1432767FE9F62B0F6C73C0E1D55BDA75
6524EXCEL.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\WebServiceCache\AllUsers\officeclient.microsoft.com\3B53A92D-6949-45E7-9D78-85CD674241A8xml
MD5:D5ADAAC8ECC97DC550E44ABDB928B8CD
SHA256:EA45A5B3554FC444F23C7DEBA97E7791ABD3A0E662659C62204DFC7E49CE2988
6524EXCEL.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\b8ab77100df80ab2.customDestinations-msbinary
MD5:4FCB2A3EE025E4A10D21E1B154873FE2
SHA256:90BF6BAA6F968A285F88620FBF91E1F5AA3E66E2BAD50FD16F37913280AD8228
6524EXCEL.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\SmartLookupCache\microsoft.office.smartlookup.ssr.jsbinary
MD5:53CE5309990012121DECD05E95EE6406
SHA256:0D5DDBE250CEEF8CAEFD7BA020323DC5DD9B7C12BC75BBCE964F9225FE9A0BDC
6524EXCEL.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\SmartLookupCache\dictionary_words_bloom_filter.databinary
MD5:A4AF96BCD3EE55F0CB99B37C806A82A5
SHA256:1BE6D822C31EDC308903E04B986F13388B216DB44019E2BCC3C060284B480BA6
6524EXCEL.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_6372E0472AFF76BB926C97818BC773B9binary
MD5:6ED30D27C059111AC91A40054E91D83F
SHA256:93F10B5D3C61C759EF64E3B7A42D39D31E7C92F79EF5437FE6DD1FD80B42A05B
6524EXCEL.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\MCYMJ1P90KE7WDPOB7KL.tempbinary
MD5:4FCB2A3EE025E4A10D21E1B154873FE2
SHA256:90BF6BAA6F968A285F88620FBF91E1F5AA3E66E2BAD50FD16F37913280AD8228
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HTTP(S) requests
9
TCP/UDP connections
41
DNS requests
28
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
6524
EXCEL.EXE
GET
200
104.18.21.213:80
http://r11.c.lencr.org/29.crl
unknown
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.216.77.28:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
2940
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.23.197.184:80
http://x1.c.lencr.org/
unknown
whitelisted
6492
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEA77flR%2B3w%2FxBpruV2lte6A%3D
unknown
whitelisted
6164
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
whitelisted
6164
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
2428
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
6524
EXCEL.EXE
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEA77flR%2B3w%2FxBpruV2lte6A%3D
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2512
RUXIMICS.exe
40.127.240.158:443
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
unknown
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
40.127.240.158:443
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
unknown
1268
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
unknown
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
6524
EXCEL.EXE
52.109.89.18:443
officeclient.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
6524
EXCEL.EXE
52.123.128.14:443
ecs.office.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
6524
EXCEL.EXE
188.209.214.83:443
nws.visionconsulting.ro
ROMARG SRL
RO
unknown
6524
EXCEL.EXE
104.18.21.213:80
r11.c.lencr.org
CLOUDFLARENET
whitelisted
6524
EXCEL.EXE
52.111.231.8:443
messaging.lifecycle.office.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 142.250.185.78
whitelisted
officeclient.microsoft.com
  • 52.109.89.18
whitelisted
ecs.office.com
  • 52.123.128.14
  • 52.123.129.14
whitelisted
nws.visionconsulting.ro
  • 188.209.214.83
unknown
r11.c.lencr.org
  • 104.18.21.213
  • 104.18.20.213
whitelisted
royalpalm.sparkblue.lk
unknown
messaging.lifecycle.office.com
  • 52.111.231.8
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
  • 4.231.128.59
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.216.77.28
  • 23.216.77.6
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 23.35.229.160
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info