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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f5accdeea1a0ff3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 004009d080bb2453c7ff5938f82de78e SHA-1: 032901a95c1b23cab2c04832d2b4d1510cf2370b SHA-256: 8f5accdeea1a0ff3fb4f5089d3856af86ec8f8a069f7c33ff45485b26fb05e8c
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro that utilizes dangerous functions like RUN. This macro likely attempts to execute a downloaded payload from the provided URL. The presence of ShellExecute API calls further supports the execution of external content. The ClamAV detection ID 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' suggests a 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://fisicamp.com/ds/231120.gif
    • https://fisicamp.com/ds/231120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
3ee92379b19800bb1e16b96d76e4f31800c6dabf549bf8665d8d4ceab7eae6c0		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6060 bytes

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