Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19e3351e7b342fe8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

49.0 KB Created: 2007-05-23 20:04:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 10.0
MD5: 49115c7e308154148b6133a1858580cc SHA-1: 6f77c5260702345c295dbc0ee2ecb91b8b0a02a8 SHA-256: 19e3351e7b342fe82ddcaef283308dd55810f3652cae8466459b80a79d8ccb3a
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a Microsoft Word document containing VBA macros, specifically a Document_Open macro, which is a common delivery mechanism for malware. ClamAV detections further confirm its malicious nature. The document body is presented as a science test review, likely a lure to encourage the user to open and interact with the malicious content. No specific malware family could be identified, but the presence of a Document_Open macro suggests an attempt to execute malicious code upon opening.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Marker-40 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Marker-40
  • 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.
  • Document_Open macro high OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open 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
1af8fe9d6d207df24d7e3c46cd908e9277e9f236f57900f892fcf69496f39cb9
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 4237 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Marker-2
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely