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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9839e316eb4784a5…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

330.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 55a0ecdcd29f28dc63f4b126cfa1e311 SHA-1: 94200dcbb2943a93f7a58d9e6a047d70df05ce12 SHA-256: 9839e316eb4784a52c303bd2db849d7d91b47d1da9f7a575ee8a8984eccfd182
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 and potentially others to execute code. The presence of ShellExecute API reference further suggests the execution of external commands or files. The embedded URL likely serves as a distribution point for a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521' indicates 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://rlink011.pw/ds/231120.gif

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
c461ade38d400d4a423d855884def8ceb5c41198f9e35b0fb284854a9f7c58df
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6059 bytes