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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0535e051ef2a36a3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

329.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 9349b7a44aa2d87461419a8423a6482e SHA-1: 326966a4798938098756b1b10b9d8308ad75cb34 SHA-256: 0535e051ef2a36a30e4ec6c8290059280460adb1f25ba8b0efb9285efab25f71
242 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This Excel file contains Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro that executes dangerous functions. The macro is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload from the URL https://uaeub.com/ds/161120.gif, likely impersonating a DocuSign notification to lure the user into opening the malicious file. The use of XLM macros and the execution of external content strongly suggest a downloader or droppper malware.

Heuristics 6

  • Excel 4.0 Auto_Open defined name critical OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN_DEFINEDNAME
    oletools recovered an Auto_Open / Auto_Close entry from an Excel 4.0 macro sheet. The raw BIFF name can be tokenized or partially opaque to byte-string checks, but the recovered macro listing confirms the workbook has an XLM auto-execution entry.
  • XLM Auto_Open with dangerous formula APIs critical OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN
    Excel 4.0 macro sheet contains an Auto_Open / Auto_Close entry and dangerous XLM formula APIs that can invoke programs, write files, or transfer control without VBA.
  • ClamAV: Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0
  • Reference to ShellExecute API high SC_STR_SHELLEXEC
    Reference to ShellExecute API
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://uaeub.com/ds/161120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
c7e4e7ed3c1ce4a0357cad7ea2d4765567912ff9637c55ef23ac64833b3a62a6		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6274 bytes

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