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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45921f18892a9a0d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: b4441ddb9a352315eb794f1b8306d99f SHA-1: 674badf1a88733592e15f2f160795e918b78303d SHA-256: 45921f18892a9a0ddf6195d11320b8c04d3a86ea7e28341cd9f0e56cdffb9736
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is an Excel file containing Excel 4.0 macros, indicated by the OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN and OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN heuristics. The SC_STR_SHELLEXEC firing suggests the macro attempts to execute external code. The embedded URL likely serves as the download location for a second-stage payload, as suggested by the CLAMAV_DETECTION rule. The macro's intent is to download and execute a payload, aligning with common downloader tactics.

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://kenas888.com/ds/231120.gif
    • https://kenas888.com/ds/231120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
6dd2ce04afad0a05495adb4f6301aeb41dcc78e9673b9399eb28871054a28e1a
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6060 bytes