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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2d9e70f66e12ae5…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

332.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 955a039093255c0acff8ff450225d4bc SHA-1: 43bd430ef2dd1010ee18c39adf937d249ca808ae SHA-256: e2d9e70f66e12ae521d4c1d3c88cbacc877f57f2ac1f0c06b1b6335daa237b98
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically triggering the 'OLE_XLM_AUTOOPEN' and 'OLE_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN' heuristics. The presence of 'SC_STR_SHELLEXEC' indicates the macro attempts to execute a shell command. The embedded URL 'https://dashboard.imadeit.com.ng/ds/151120.gif' is likely used to download a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' further supports its role as a downloader.

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://dashboard.imadeit.com.ng/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