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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0eb3532f4eb3612…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

329.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: be1904731d6ce717277cced26b63293a SHA-1: a36a186fb2e211bc10a1f81e466b1eaf82b50ab3 SHA-256: a0eb3532f4eb36129f96d0df737db8327317efda8f902ad4c24c15477abc4173
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically triggering the Auto_Open function with dangerous formulas like RUN. The heuristic SC_STR_SHELLEXEC indicates the use of ShellExecute, a common method for executing downloaded payloads. The embedded URL likely points to the distribution point for this payload. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader' further supports this analysis.

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://anhii.com/ds/161120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
b74fbb14c9dd0283fe5b35630158622cf58bbddcd03d161d30bf64d1f40271a4		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 7889 bytes

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