MALICIOUS
160
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
The sample is a malicious OLE document containing an embedded PE executable. Heuristics indicate potential exploitation of CVE-2026-21514 and the use of WinExec and VirtualAlloc APIs, suggesting the embedded executable is likely a payload. The document body, presented as a Linux course syllabus, serves as a lure to encourage the user to interact with the embedded malicious file.
Heuristics 4
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OLE with Ole10Native — possible CVE-2026-21514 exploitation high CVE likely CVE_2026_21514Document contains a Word OLE object with Ole10Native plus executable, PE, or risky remote-link indicators. CVE-2026-21514 exploits OLE metadata validation; this stronger structure is treated as likely exploitation.
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Embedded PE executable critical OLE_EMBEDDED_EXEMZ/PE header found inside document — possible embedded executable
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Reference to WinExec API high SC_STR_WINEXECReference to WinExec API
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Reference to VirtualAlloc API medium SC_STR_VIRTUALALLOCReference to VirtualAlloc API
Extracted artifacts 2
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
embedded_office_0001de2e.exe075a260515e237c834d2c2e6c8b3e0629bee566935bb3a0abcacf34e6fdc21f7 |
embedded-pe | Office MZ+PE at offset 0x1DE2E | 35794 bytes |
ole10native_00.bince7d305f6faad5a19b03654aa6f1792e995da2eae7bfe2bdf54b19a1c573be2e |
ole-package | OLE Ole10Native stream: ObjectPool/_161109252/Ole10Native | 41580 bytes |
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