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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37aae33070ab29b7…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: fb13e78dcedf0b2362c25ab35d95b14f SHA-1: fcfd22add441af0ab1ee6c7b9c7b965087fdf969 SHA-256: 37aae33070ab29b7e172aee0aa49526a96d5a1fc7002d0de21f4ac5deb21ef6a
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The presence of Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro utilizing dangerous functions like RUN and ShellExecute, indicates a malicious downloader. The macro likely executes a secondary payload from the embedded URL. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' further supports this, suggesting a lure related to document signing services to trick users into enabling macros.

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://5gict.com/ds/261120.gif
    • https://5gict.com/ds/261120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
a172d04deb874bfc5428cadf9fe508e67386f425fa8a97e12d80c959c827f2d9		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6674 bytes

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