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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f0c32ae0ae63f49…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 284b678cbfab76593ef4a02faf1d9b23 SHA-1: 79c8c0e1d73b1ee1e4d2cf2f894674b2ea9b212b SHA-256: 4f0c32ae0ae63f495d23b6a9090816d447e638441fb52f749301888011915a9c
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample contains Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro that utilizes dangerous functions like RUN and potentially others to execute code. The heuristic firings indicate the use of ShellExecute, which is commonly used to launch downloaded payloads. The embedded URL likely serves as the source for this second-stage payload, suggesting a downloader attack pattern. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' further supports this assessment.

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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
96eae7b570d4a9d4f225045676982008ec43ffa50f8643e2397db329f3c9bb6b
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6059 bytes