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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3d549bf4b245fd8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

332.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 8a3c6fa5687790384955fb5b0c07a1a2 SHA-1: 29e5f7ce75541f0927b6258c0833a4338f000fd6 SHA-256: b3d549bf4b245fd8ea3e4e593a1b9d70995a8fd05a6bc7b7224d605524e70920
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.004 Scripting: Visual Basic

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro that utilizes dangerous functions like RUN and ShellExecute. This indicates an attempt to execute external code. The embedded URL likely points to a malicious payload. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' further supports the downloader classification.

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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