MALICIOUS
160
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic
T1059.001 PowerShell
The file is a PowerPoint presentation containing VBA macros. A critical heuristic firing indicates the use of the Shell() function, which is commonly used to execute arbitrary commands. The Auto_Close macro is also present, suggesting that the malicious code may execute when the presentation is closed. No specific malware family could be identified, but the techniques used are consistent with macro-based malware delivery. The embedded URL was confirmed as benign and is not included as an IOC.
Heuristics 5
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Shell() call in VBA critical OLE_VBA_SHELLShell() call in VBA
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Auto_Close macro high OLE_VBA_AUTOCLOSEAuto_Close macro
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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 http://%999%999@j.mp/asdnabsdsikjcksk
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
macros.bas2381516241c4d7b5a4d1d595bf3b3265fb3b60e65e7f4648bd598e673ff93830 |
vba-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) | 23360 bytes |
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