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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e04b91d36778bd3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 1984faac7daf8f9673b0cfb6cf4a3488 SHA-1: 306b510e7c3d08640282d137274a041676901706 SHA-256: 9e04b91d36778bd35215df94f0ad6a201226290221c0578c903720a8d825b47f
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically triggering the Auto_Open function with dangerous formula APIs like RUN. This indicates an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The presence of ShellExecute API calls further supports this, suggesting the macro is designed to download and execute a secondary payload from the embedded URL. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader' also aligns with this behavior.

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://zerones.biz/ds/261120.gif
    • https://zerones.biz/ds/261120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
7fbdfe5319125c7a88728c7d99286583a9907fcc6c0161898412d727b081f128		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6676 bytes

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