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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a931dec4e0619f4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

332.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: d1d54c697f9685ec48c886da65c445cb SHA-1: 4d26e45423ca9dd9a228b1f25f2991c27ae2e690 SHA-256: 5a931dec4e0619f4050e8e7fb8a35596b81f1f3440c9b11cdf30377878ad8748
242 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros that are automatically executed via an Auto_Open entry. These macros utilize the CALL function to execute a command that appears to download a payload from the URL https://dtmh.gr/ds/231120.gif. The presence of ShellExecute API references and the use of dangerous formula APIs in the XLM macros indicate a malicious downloader.

Heuristics 6

  • Excel 4.0 Auto_Open defined name critical OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN_DEFINEDNAME
    oletools recovered an Auto_Open / Auto_Close entry from an Excel 4.0 macro sheet. The raw BIFF name can be tokenized or partially opaque to byte-string checks, but the recovered macro listing confirms the workbook has an XLM auto-execution entry.
  • XLM Auto_Open with dangerous formula APIs critical 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.
  • 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
  • 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://dtmh.gr/ds/231120.gif

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
2f94c3196dd2c06785d0b6590b71baedba672bb98f6f4ae4322dd28bca2ae7c6		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6353 bytes

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