Office (OOXML) / .DOC static analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b06e53828c42065…

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Office (OOXML) / .DOC

162.0 KB Created: 2021-04-06 16:58:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Office Word 16.0000 First seen: 2022-04-08
MD5: 0d328f9e433b7ae30602b549879e535e SHA-1: 33cf80ff1a47d653181941b86a02d3d0ae33b11f SHA-256: 0b06e53828c4206538f5ad226a2a26821071a1c01bddef18c42141069644e784
50 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The document contains external hyperlinks and a heuristic firing for a password-protected archive lure, indicating an attempt to deceive the user into extracting a payload. The presence of an external hyperlink to a blog post discussing banking trojans suggests a potential financial motive. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Heuristics 3

  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • External hyperlinks (9) low OOXML_EXTERNAL_HYPERLINKS
    Document contains 9 external hyperlinks — clickable URLs are stored as external relationships. First target: https://www.threatfabric.com/blogs/xenomorph-a-newly-hatched-banking-trojan.html
  • 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://www.threatfabric.com/blogs/xenomorph-a-newly-hatched-banking-trojan.html Document hyperlink
    • https://cofense.com/blog/russia-ukraine-conflict-leverages-phishing-themesIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • https://github.com/curated-intel/Ukraine-Cyber-Operations/In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • https://lab52.io/blog/looking-for-penquins-in-the-wild/In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingCanvasIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2014/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2015/9/8/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2015/10/21/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/9/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/10/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/11/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/12/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/13/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/14/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/inkIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2017/model3dIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationshipsIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/mathIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingDrawingIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/wordprocessingDrawingIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/mainIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordmlIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2012/wordmlIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2018/wordml/cexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2016/wordml/cidIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2018/wordmlIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2015/wordml/symexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingGroupIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingInkIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2006/wordmlIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingShapeIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/31802/Document hyperlink
    • https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/28368Document hyperlink
    • https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/new-malware-capable-of-controlling-social-media-accounts-infects-5000-machines-and-is-actively-being-distributed-via-gaming-applications-on-microsofts-official-store/In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-054aDocument hyperlink
    • https://research.nccgroup.com/2022/03/03/sharkbot-a-new-generation-android-banking-trojan-being-distributed-on-google-play-store/Document hyperlink
    • https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/asylum-ambuscade-state-actor-uses-compromised-private-ukrainian-military-emailsIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/guard-your-drive-from-driveguardIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/nobelium-returns-to-the-political-world-stageIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/a-modern-ninja-evasive-trickbot-attacks-customers-of-60-high-profile-companies/In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/28376In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/analysis-reports/ar22-055aDocument hyperlink
    • https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-intelligence/2022/03/beware-of-malware-offering-warm-greetings-from-saudi-aramco/In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/prophet-spider-exploits-citrix-sharefile/In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/update-threat-landscape-ukraine/In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/ms-office-files-involved-in-emotet-trojan-campaign-pt-oneDocument hyperlink
    • https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/fake-purchase-order-used-to-deliver-agent-teslaDocument hyperlink
    • https://www.qualys.com/2022/01/25/cve-2021-4034/pwnkit.txtIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • https://www.ic3.gov/Media/News/2022/220307.pdfIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    +2 more URL(s)

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