Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0827f8cdf0c60738…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

84.5 KB Created: 2009-02-26 17:32:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 8.0
MD5: 0f3b851486a067bbc3ac196526555f70 SHA-1: 060f55262d8d7570e00d63186ab442d62fee9328 SHA-256: 0827f8cdf0c6073833e4be56be249d91c2b6318bc1e37031df0d2d4cfd1c93cf
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.005 Visual Basic

The file contains VBA macros, including an AutoOpen macro, which is a strong indicator of malicious intent. The macro code attempts to create a temporary file named 'c:\Iron.tmp' and appears to be part of a downloader or dropper mechanism. The document body discusses environmental issues in Kazakhstan, which may serve as a lure to encourage users to enable macros.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Nori-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Nori-1
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • AutoOpen macro high OLE_VBA_AUTOOPEN
    AutoOpen macro
  • VBA macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
d01b0d661d39d4536ac3c3a3432939d20c36fc79cf27f03559e1893da5bd22ab
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 7967 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Nori-1
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely