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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3125bce08a19299…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

332.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 130ffb5da11f8c18d5d28cc35c563f2d SHA-1: 2859853d3cfaa358a2ce3e5d48882012a18b848b SHA-256: a3125bce08a192992b1937ddecfceddf482df85561c90c0eaf6240e53081c39e
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 presence of Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro utilizing dangerous functions like RUN and ShellExecute, strongly indicates a downloader. The embedded URL points to a GIF file, likely a lure or a disguised payload, which the macro is intended to fetch and execute. The ClamAV detection further corroborates the malicious nature of this file.

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 http://ismailiyamedical.com/ds/151120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
89aad7b8576d8f84c1934acd2fc0826a9bcea7c600ce1ac7e8579bafe1fef843		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 5602 bytes

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