Malware analysis research-1646684671.xls Malicious activity

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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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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 300 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 240 seconds
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (133.0.6943.127)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (133.0.3065.92)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (136.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (136.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- Calls Win API functions (MACROS)
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 6524)
- Unusual execution from MS Office
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 6524)
- Registers / Runs the DLL via REGSVR32.EXE
  - 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)

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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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Total processes

156

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID	CMD	Path	Indicators	Parent process
2348	C:\WINDOWS\splwow64.exe 8192	C:\Windows\splwow64.exe	—	EXCEL.EXE
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Print driver host for applications Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
2732	C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding	C:\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)
3540	\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1	C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe	—	cmd.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
4572	regsvr32 -s ..\iroto.dll	C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe	—	EXCEL.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)
6240	"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\research-1646684671.xls	C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe	—	explorer.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
6400	regsvr32 -s ..\iroto1.dll	C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe	—	EXCEL.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)
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

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
6524	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\56a61aeb75d8f5be186c26607f4bb213abe7c5ec.tbres		binary
		MD5:079FAEE1711C2D5C0053440D2CCA7AED	SHA256:4BBAF2E047AB7D62A8B722B31C2A2995314DB1327180F5A61FEB95D1E9CD8137
6524	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\b8ab77100df80ab2.customDestinations-ms		binary
		MD5:4FCB2A3EE025E4A10D21E1B154873FE2	SHA256:90BF6BAA6F968A285F88620FBF91E1F5AA3E66E2BAD50FD16F37913280AD8228
6524	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\MCYMJ1P90KE7WDPOB7KL.temp		binary
		MD5:4FCB2A3EE025E4A10D21E1B154873FE2	SHA256:90BF6BAA6F968A285F88620FBF91E1F5AA3E66E2BAD50FD16F37913280AD8228
6524	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_6372E0472AFF76BB926C97818BC773B9		binary
		MD5:6ED30D27C059111AC91A40054E91D83F	SHA256:93F10B5D3C61C759EF64E3B7A42D39D31E7C92F79EF5437FE6DD1FD80B42A05B
6524	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\MSO0127.acl		binary
		MD5:89E4536BEF16CA48972D84B94E0BA62F	SHA256:6BD09A614564B0709A3FE1B291B3F60FBAE640352D688C81C2C563280E6C2613
6524	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\SmartLookupCache\dictionary_words_bloom_filter.data		binary
		MD5:A4AF96BCD3EE55F0CB99B37C806A82A5	SHA256:1BE6D822C31EDC308903E04B986F13388B216DB44019E2BCC3C060284B480BA6
6524	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\SmartLookupCache\main_ssr.html		html
		MD5:78FA7BB2222BAC3911B26CFDFDCB9DB4	SHA256:7B1FB37F353FBF935D02F2775C1FDD4BD5A8505B93FA7EB6F2D8201F8C25126F
6524	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_6372E0472AFF76BB926C97818BC773B9		binary
		MD5:696EE1238218A3621063CABBECB40D8B	SHA256:D24314FE3B8CB7340EA5B542E73A874611EC3F126ED300B062B1457DC2C2A735
6524	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\936F10BC72DB0BC0181957BCF75D6817		binary
		MD5:68DF713E87DC876D9B019E6F57219D48	SHA256:9956416995FFABFDE696A06D62F687BE1432767FE9F62B0F6C73C0E1D55BDA75
6524	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\WebServiceCache\AllUsers\officeclient.microsoft.com\3B53A92D-6949-45E7-9D78-85CD674241A8		xml
		MD5:D5ADAAC8ECC97DC550E44ABDB928B8CD	SHA256:EA45A5B3554FC444F23C7DEBA97E7791ABD3A0E662659C62204DFC7E49CE2988

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

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	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.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
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
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
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
6492	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEA77flR%2B3w%2FxBpruV2lte6A%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2940	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.23.197.184:80	http://x1.c.lencr.org/	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

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research-1646684671.xls

927005139A0BE61EFE849C715D875DD2

0F6A91916941D85B69E5320873A5D1C45055BC4E

B23491EDE17F9A5B7D6AD27D3051A2224C214A5AFA2139E5147BD26319577F85

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

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MALICIOUS

Calls Win API functions (MACROS)

Unusual execution from MS Office

Registers / Runs the DLL via REGSVR32.EXE

SUSPICIOUS

Sets XML DOM element text (SCRIPT)

INFO

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Checks proxy server information

Reads the software policy settings

Malware configuration

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TRiD

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