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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 772fafa28e44b6a6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

329.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 9d603588bf3faf078dd2106f68dab65b SHA-1: 0a045ae2d452946a28de58605d5799c7d323be92 SHA-256: 772fafa28e44b6a6b51c35fc1457549976a28520f74abd0f972796a8a6db2e81
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro that utilizes dangerous functions like RUN and ShellExecute. The embedded URL suggests a download mechanism for a second-stage payload. The presence of ShellExecute API calls further supports the intent to execute external code. The document body contains fragmented text related to DocuSign and the malicious URL, indicating a potential lure.

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://qxcb.net/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

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