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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58570594ef41095d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

329.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 5c3963009919a34f386a827398b930ac SHA-1: a209d873c92af8dfd2bff6bcbd2e59b680b58719 SHA-256: 58570594ef41095dd4f8791cf32e717fdb5a30bfd020d4a18eefd42cf1595d01
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro, which is a strong indicator of malicious intent. The heuristics indicate the use of ShellExecute API and dangerous formula APIs like RUN, suggesting the macro attempts to execute arbitrary commands. The embedded URL likely serves as a download location for a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' further supports the downloader functionality.

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://alpine.kz/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