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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 412ee0c0bebb9419…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

329.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 69aac1fe6ec1f7331d50f834c2bf9a8e SHA-1: 7cae7a35932424dfc55530f5f0b0054888172ca3 SHA-256: 412ee0c0bebb9419454f72fdbe3f50fef286ca3b52f7e65e23b61e3977158c9b
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros, indicated by the OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN and OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN heuristics. The SC_STR_SHELLEXEC heuristic and the presence of 'ShellExecute' in the document body strongly suggest that the macro attempts to execute external commands. The embedded URL 'gaspee.info/ds/161120.gif' is likely the source for a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms 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 https://gaspee.info/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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