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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6b73f68e526eb0b…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

313.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 343ccdbb50e247d605c8931bf333286b SHA-1: a1b63c325f160afdb54202ae2789fa2b48a0eefc SHA-256: b6b73f68e526eb0b82dae538bc490e8d89bfd6e084b337d3ed6f359ff5a6fdad
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications T1204.002 Malicious File T1071.001 Web Protocols

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open function that utilizes dangerous APIs like RUN. The macro references URLDownloadToFile, indicating it's designed to download a file from the provided URL. The embedded URL and the potential execution path suggest a downloader functionality. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' further supports this assessment.

Heuristics 6

  • Reference to URLDownloadToFile API critical SC_STR_URLDOWNLOAD
    Reference to URLDownloadToFile API
  • ClamAV: Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • 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://tiesta.in/ds/291120.gif

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
6b210754878c93b9fd2b7ca4692041f142e3090caa22e3cd8ad7cdde6e2f4e8e
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 981 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 shell/COM execution token(s).