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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06de9823b2dde76c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 46ac7a1c0ac935d103d4a53f58c8f226 SHA-1: 75b23de45c499b46b484b2943731814704aa228f SHA-256: 06de9823b2dde76cd0bd5d160e09428e5e0dc1bb28d5d3d50e0af1581f3afdd0
242 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro, which is a critical finding. These macros utilize dangerous functions like RUN and CALL, and are designed to execute code. The script attempts to construct and call functions that likely download and execute a second-stage payload from the embedded URL 'https://jpsteel.in/ds/261120.gif'. The use of ShellExecute API further supports the execution of external code.

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://jpsteel.in/ds/261120.gif
    • https://jpsteel.in/ds/261120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
0d33d3f7accc92fdd60dbf912082de478929da664f047bbfbed4791982921d46		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6676 bytes

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