Malicious Office (OLE) / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e2ffe2578556495…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

62.5 KB Created: 2010-04-23 11:54:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 11.0
MD5: 8400616d3dfde4e442f707bb5ae1714c SHA-1: 6eb0815b1cb99e25ab7d55b4d1ded04ecf63998c SHA-256: 2e2ffe257855649599eb1740ff1f979b4e99a04ac26c1094f672aaf4056ed1da
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications 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. The document body text is formatted as a FAQ for a website design service, likely intended to trick the user into enabling macros. The presence of a Document_Open macro and the ClamAV detection signature 'Doc.Trojan.Thus-8' strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8
  • 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
33a30b54667d2b0182b7b1bc69b2be678b22b4c14b42fe2dad532d945682c587
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 2382 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely