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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0df5b344a5c7b31…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 60b874220a482bfdc92d7dcc21f98914 SHA-1: a4cff9096084e2a63072c4fdd71ef30bcd6cc458 SHA-256: f0df5b344a5c7b3151d6ab640e0d2bc418cb1070d636a3191a16f9e308dbf641
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The presence of Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro utilizing dangerous functions like RUN, strongly indicates malicious intent. The heuristic firings suggest the macro is designed to execute external code. The embedded URLs are likely used to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection name 'Doc.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://bgms.co.in/ds/261120.gif
    • https://bgms.co.in/ds/261120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
e213645668ce9f5d68f4226afb5b9b5e6c2ad49807658d9b833212b471c7c00d
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6675 bytes