MALICIOUS
240
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
The presence of VBA macros, specifically an Auto_Close macro that utilizes CreateObject and Shell() calls, indicates malicious intent. The Auto_Close macro is designed to execute automatically when the presentation is closed. The Shell() call is highly suspicious and suggests the macro attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload. The embedded URL, although marked as confirmed benign, is still included as a potential IOC. No specific family could be identified.
Heuristics 7
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Shell() call in VBA critical OLE_VBA_SHELLShell() call in VBA
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Reference to Windows Script Host high SC_STR_WSCRIPTReference to Windows Script Host
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Auto_Close macro high OLE_VBA_AUTOCLOSEAuto_Close macro
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CreateObject call high OLE_VBA_CREATEOBJCreateObject call
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VBA p-code auto-exec with execution tokens high OLE_VBA_PCODE_AUTOEXEC_EXECCompiled VBA/cache stream contains an auto-execution token together with shell/download/object-execution tokens. This catches p-code-only or source-extraction-failure macro documents where visible source is unavailable.
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VBA macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROSDocument contains VBA macro code
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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://%69%69%69%69%69%69%69%69%69%69%69%69%69%69%69%69%69%69%69%69@j.mp/7bkj6687i2frvcpye4yk
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
macros.bas7e01c0fcffa57382902e63ba051ce420d9ed92cb4678aeccc3602f70c445a309 |
vba-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) | 1094 bytes |
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