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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0e793632788ea4e…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

329.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 348e45e2612f72b7a99bdd2a99375f5b SHA-1: a5beb12bb0d973c241b278015ce3594808e1e508 SHA-256: a0e793632788ea4e94e7b62ebcb875eabadecb80fcb33171e255cdc2807eefed
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file contains critical ClamAV detection for Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0, indicating it functions as a downloader. High-severity heuristics indicate the presence of Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros with dangerous functions like ShellExecute and RUN, which are used to execute external code. The embedded URL likely serves as the source for the secondary payload.

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://btchs.com.br/ds/161120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
c7e4e7ed3c1ce4a0357cad7ea2d4765567912ff9637c55ef23ac64833b3a62a6
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6274 bytes