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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd71c3752e0f1a67…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: c74e400b654f95b09f89351429425b54 SHA-1: 164804639f9810a19b2d3754f944dcc14706ed2b SHA-256: dd71c3752e0f1a678ef0f8f71a0e6f23fc73cd688ee3eae6fbbb6161fc5d8080
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro that utilizes dangerous functions like RUN and ShellExecute. This indicates the macro is designed to execute arbitrary code. The presence of an embedded URL suggests that the macro's primary function is to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader' further supports this conclusion.

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://seligue.net/ds/231120.gif
    • https://seligue.net/ds/231120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
7d52b160b251e749d24dcaa8a7221d3fa1a2d506bf23ecf06e056242a80d0dfe
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6297 bytes