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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b72d620ce8e118a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: ba712f9cfba1a8f2192d7cf36b7ac8db SHA-1: 739c48a74891c9a683adbece5600b4e025d42ab1 SHA-256: 4b72d620ce8e118af6b5bee433e51a958b2279873e0a2d87835845bab3024b8f
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The sample is an Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro-enabled spreadsheet. It contains an Auto_Open macro that uses dangerous functions, including ShellExecute, indicating an attempt to execute external code. The embedded URL likely serves as a download source for a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' strongly suggests a downloader disguised as a DocuSign document.

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://chica.media/ds/231120.gif
    • https://chica.media/ds/231120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
f47affe8c13bcf147c60cdfcb7548aa5c789e981f4872a53ebdda3b841e12f12		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6059 bytes

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