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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 288c88f3298eca2a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

329.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: b9833a624b31a04d71ed7957a21aa0b6 SHA-1: b68d20b6ab9172d8aeb8a03555a3f9672bd16620 SHA-256: 288c88f3298eca2a94cc44e6a92dabc14ba64733683f9dc1045032f9c8510ca4
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The presence of Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro utilizing dangerous functions like RUN and ShellExecute, strongly indicates a downloader. The embedded URL, while seemingly pointing to a GIF, is likely a lure for the actual payload. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' further supports the downloader classification.

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://moegifts.com/ds/161120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
b74fbb14c9dd0283fe5b35630158622cf58bbddcd03d161d30bf64d1f40271a4		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 7889 bytes

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