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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82951ff8d5a0d516…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: cf67b810fbce71c70a94c364b0f95ad4 SHA-1: a6da115ba5f629809147319cc59e762cb1d2ab95 SHA-256: 82951ff8d5a0d5168682d6af5d5b5aced1c958ee669b14905ad5c0dc85b9944e
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains an Excel 4.0 macro (XLM) with an Auto_Open function, which is a known technique for executing malicious code upon opening the document. The heuristic firings indicate the use of ShellExecute and dangerous XLM functions, suggesting the macro is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload from the embedded URL. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader' further supports this assessment.

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://kenas888.com/ds/231120.gif
    • https://kenas888.com/ds/231120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
6dd2ce04afad0a05495adb4f6301aeb41dcc78e9673b9399eb28871054a28e1a
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6060 bytes