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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e90c4ae4b23e43c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

332.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 5979fb4abaf84cef47ae603ee74d68fb SHA-1: 7a08a44a2cad191b4ee72a5770ea19d254f98bb1 SHA-256: 1e90c4ae4b23e43ca1eb29c89cb57cccf2bfb58f1323423aaeb224bce5782909
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications T1204.002 Malicious File

The file contains an Excel 4.0 macro sheet with an Auto_Open function, which is a known technique for executing malicious code upon opening the document. The macro likely uses the ShellExecute API to download and execute a payload from the embedded URL. The presence of the 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' ClamAV signature further supports its nature as a downloader.

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://birdexim.com/ds/231120.gif

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
47aff588e92dade4d9aff0990998722e8e2276e4625361251545b499c7bade75		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6297 bytes

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