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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a9a3b4a220e537c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: b43c8e5dc4af536c4c52e2fd32ef63fe SHA-1: 9525de70aacb50107dc224fe8448e9ae4401a6e7 SHA-256: 1a9a3b4a220e537c2620aebcc3b137f1681f02d998a16b97c0e288ac66191782
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.004 Scripting - PowerShell

The sample is an Excel file containing Excel 4.0 macros, indicated by the OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN and OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN heuristics. The SC_STR_SHELLEXEC firing suggests the use of ShellExecute, likely to download and execute a payload from the embedded URL. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature as a downloader. The macros are likely responsible for fetching and running a second-stage payload from the provided URL.

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • XLM Auto_Open with dangerous formula APIs high 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.
  • 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://seligue.net/ds/231120.gif
    • https://seligue.net/ds/231120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
7d52b160b251e749d24dcaa8a7221d3fa1a2d506bf23ecf06e056242a80d0dfe
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6297 bytes