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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 289d6d68c7de8903…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

329.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 8c09f518a3e1593912d05f3c3807397c SHA-1: 9e0539ad816612fa112f6cc54a6441400a1bf0c5 SHA-256: 289d6d68c7de89033f3b691453d41f3eea15a23c5dde3a3645158bb4f5caf37c
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample contains Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros, indicated by the OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN and OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN heuristics. The SC_STR_SHELLEXEC firing suggests the use of ShellExecute, and the dangerous formula APIs (RUN) point towards the execution of a downloaded payload. The embedded URL is likely used for this purpose. The ClamAV detection further supports the malicious nature of the file.

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://bemojo.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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