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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c66172d70cf092c4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 73a466a7d9a4e0cad9e5186222955263 SHA-1: 4bd37ddd57a859873b8c961474146b0191ab2d39 SHA-256: c66172d70cf092c4292fefafbce16c50599aa37b50df267fee25baaf7fee30af
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 sample contains an Excel 4.0 macro (XLM) with an Auto_Open routine that utilizes dangerous functions like RUN. This macro is designed to download a payload from the provided URL. The presence of ShellExecute API calls further indicates execution of external content. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' suggests a downloader functionality, likely attempting to trick users with a DocuSign lure.

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://oyefauji.com/ds/261120.gif
    • https://oyefauji.com/ds/261120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
58a4f5727165121d868a3a8deb557c7e948c3b637eb6aacf726ea069bd257a4e
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6677 bytes