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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bec915d7415e47c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

329.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: a7f9961805e0e44d53cd7a58fea0ca0a SHA-1: 4dd7c0ad8c7cc2fec8e6b60d3dbd34657d45bb84 SHA-256: 3bec915d7415e47c8bb8b87b95652028d0cf35190a8a06ecc223a0e0bc60e18d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros, indicated by the OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN and OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN heuristics. The SC_STR_SHELLEXEC heuristic confirms the use of the ShellExecute API, which is often used to download and execute further stages. The embedded URL is likely the source for this payload. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

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://ippp.co.zw/ds/161120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
de64c8aedb9841e9622ce89b4c2a59532a2613bac9a0b05117fd5443ba276b2f		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 7888 bytes

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