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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ba4ac8faf4a1eae…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 508e2658a43ffb7178d25dc8eea97e6e SHA-1: 30ca5684c3f4c1c03a9a3b5c1d9051b3803debb6 SHA-256: 8ba4ac8faf4a1eae3473b72255254859c42391f49730ca1e6d96f452c37208b2
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro that utilizes dangerous functions like RUN. This macro is designed to call ShellExecute, indicating an intent to download and execute a secondary payload. The embedded URLs are suspicious and likely point to the distribution point for this payload. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' further supports the downloader functionality.

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://ump.edu.pe/ds/261120.gif
    • https://ump.edu.pe/ds/261120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
56d07016068e454a1af96b6cee33e5364bc7ae97582ff73833a2c41ba0035917		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6675 bytes

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