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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f37770980a5a342f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

313.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 00135e4a1ac5ed043794fabf31f99692 SHA-1: 90e6242380236ae60b8875fa928449b69cfb289e SHA-256: f37770980a5a342ff3e56a04f9ee289b2eba88bee144af15d9005cfcd0ab20fa
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The sample contains Excel 4.0 macros, specifically an Auto_Open function that utilizes dangerous formula APIs like RUN. It also references the URLDownloadToFile API, indicating an intent to download and execute a second-stage payload from the embedded URL. The presence of the ClamAV detection 'Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0' further supports its role as a downloader.

Heuristics 6

  • Reference to URLDownloadToFile API critical SC_STR_URLDOWNLOAD
    Reference to URLDownloadToFile API
  • ClamAV: Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Downloader.Docusign0521-9864805-0
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • 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://vytyazhki.by/ds/291120.gif

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xlm_macros.txt
49fcb491caaa166b3c1f74aaa4f2425ca343b5169399ee43c17188a500ea508e
xlm-macro oletools.olevba.extract_all_macros (XLM macro listing) 983 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 shell/COM execution token(s).