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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad6a9b63b540ad5d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 809d3e12e7c2873f762b6a25eec047b8 SHA-1: b9fdeeef467dbcc919d2f6f076708e070767b588 SHA-256: ad6a9b63b540ad5d37c62ee5df7c74e929c8f5231090795ffab8933dbbe88060
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is an Excel file containing Excel 4.0 macros, indicated by the OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN and OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN heuristics. The presence of ShellExecute API calls (SC_STR_SHELLEXEC) suggests the macro is designed to execute external commands or download additional content. The embedded URL likely serves as the source for this secondary payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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://ump.edu.pe/ds/261120.gif
    • https://ump.edu.pe/ds/261120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
56d07016068e454a1af96b6cee33e5364bc7ae97582ff73833a2c41ba0035917		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6675 bytes

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