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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36a727b02dc0988f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

332.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 922a57e04d0cf3c85434ac9ffc9551f0 SHA-1: a1601aa8c0d255b43c8ca57bb28bf512eea9184c SHA-256: 36a727b02dc0988f64a57c9aaff980fe676dac3d1f97b633e091ad95f463a6cd
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The sample contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro that utilizes dangerous functions like RUN. The presence of ShellExecute API calls and an embedded URL pointing to 'ismailiyamedical.com' strongly suggests the macro is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader' further supports this conclusion.

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 http://ismailiyamedical.com/ds/151120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
89aad7b8576d8f84c1934acd2fc0826a9bcea7c600ce1ac7e8579bafe1fef843
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 5602 bytes