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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f19569329d5c4da3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

331.0 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 342f6e2392557dd19d9979ddbda12495 SHA-1: 26cf639013238cdb187f83eacbac832bf6b79a94 SHA-256: f19569329d5c4da3d39c0b7d6a3c537f11a69cdf9176c468e4d68c3f42a7ad74
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications T1204.002 Malicious File T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file 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 commands. The embedded URL suggests the macro's purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection name 'Doc.Downloader' further supports this assessment.

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 http://panzr.tech/ds/231120.gif
    • http://panzr.tech/ds/231120.gif�

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
c8b1e7a8344e098ddc3906ba00141dccfa02d07406793ff05618684390276899		 xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 6057 bytes

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