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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ca855a777507ed9…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

332.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: bfd89802520d8bb8a9637d3f3cbe33ea SHA-1: 2d23759ec9e73878c671ad79e0c19cc39e6e98d5 SHA-256: 7ca855a777507ed9bec406cfa9e7d441d37c40398d6eb798f6c8f5da0bf546de
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro that utilizes dangerous functions like RUN and CALL. This macro is designed to execute a secondary payload, likely a downloader, from an embedded URL. The presence of ShellExecute API calls further supports the execution of external code. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' suggests a document-based downloader targeting users with a fake DocuSign 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://dtmh.gr/ds/231120.gif

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
c8d4504c98e732b3946f99214663fda76453297a5fc2e4e085c3ff1af974258c
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6293 bytes