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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32101fba10d54afe…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

44.5 KB Created: 2010-06-02 14:03:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 11.5.5
MD5: 244445742bf2e24f4dffca521682e8e7 SHA-1: 5a4749bbabc9ea4620ad0e46a08b0d73297ffa89 SHA-256: 32101fba10d54afe4228e1169c5f8d4a80021735f887e398ffa2749bf2fb51a0
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 content discusses geothermal energy, likely as a lure to engage the user. The presence of the Document_Open macro and the ClamAV detection strongly suggest 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
f4fa7e7cd604b9c2b394c12e4f35410dae965f949e3208137e6b06c1923cf358
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 2393 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely