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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e443c5186b280004…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

329.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: a4c8c05beee93e4cf69ca1e53dd0a3b6 SHA-1: a972d9ecbc644c690bd8d28ecd4d53f13d5e3972 SHA-256: e443c5186b280004ab86182476e21d7c17c786427eddd3614aa7185925328d18
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 (XLM) macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro that utilizes dangerous functions like RUN. This macro is designed to execute external code, indicated by the ShellExecute API reference and the embedded URL. The script likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload from the provided URL, contributing to the overall malicious intent of the document.

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://btchs.com.br/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

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