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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6d1aa75de1924a3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

332.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: bee502852a996feb2c6706bb95e5921d SHA-1: 2234406f05c234a0f68ebf9499dd245120b09a0a SHA-256: c6d1aa75de1924a3ba8199b8e24af79adf05a3a8e2e5c47df2d48c7f7954e462
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains an Excel 4.0 macro (XLM) with an Auto_Open function, which is a known technique for executing malicious code upon opening. The macro likely uses ShellExecute to download and execute a payload from the embedded URL. The document body's fragmented text and the embedded URL suggest a lure to trick the user into interacting with the malicious content.

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://esp.adnan.dev.hostingshouse.com/ds/151120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
4d5531650e0faf8764ddd7b14e6947143c32308cbf699d36f8845764b3b4560a
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 5603 bytes