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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9ccbe37bac23713…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

329.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 78c3d73aa0e407dc40cc8bd3d8b6ddde SHA-1: 0043d30ab90c1012282938c2bc771ded33df0345 SHA-256: c9ccbe37bac2371368ced3d124cec0a6b9c9a537d53727c2615f8ff613bcc87d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro that utilizes dangerous functions like RUN. This indicates the macro is designed to execute arbitrary commands. The presence of ShellExecute API calls further supports the downloader functionality. The embedded URL likely points to the second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' suggests a phishing or social engineering lure related to DocuSign.

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://bemojo.com/ds/161120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
c7e4e7ed3c1ce4a0357cad7ea2d4765567912ff9637c55ef23ac64833b3a62a6
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6274 bytes