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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ae5458b8d33ea2a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 6de79b7e3aa13218856da18e3168b712 SHA-1: ac590fbfe27289d3cc17d317dff0f2cb83cc1a7c SHA-256: 7ae5458b8d33ea2a6dd517d8dc15955ba7c7b2fae966fbe300db7054a62ddf9a
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains an Excel 4.0 macro (XLM) with an Auto_Open function that utilizes dangerous APIs like RUN. This macro is designed to execute ShellExecute, indicating it likely downloads and runs a second-stage payload from the embedded URL. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' further supports its role as a downloader.

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 http://panzr.tech/ds/231120.gif
    • http://panzr.tech/ds/231120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
c8b1e7a8344e098ddc3906ba00141dccfa02d07406793ff05618684390276899		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6057 bytes

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