MALICIOUS
68
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1059.005 Visual Basic
The critical heuristic firing indicates exploitation of CVE-2017-0199 via an OLE2Link object, which is designed to load remote content. The embedded URL, 'https://mpa.li/uiklDr?&colloquia=wistful&stadium=tangy&earthquake=feigned&official=quizzical&display=fearless&technology=instinctive&feed=abusive&character', is highly suspicious and likely serves as the initial download point for a secondary malicious payload. Although VBA macros were present, they contained no executable statements, suggesting the exploit relies solely on the OLE vulnerability.
Heuristics 2
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OLE2Link / URL Moniker → remote loader — CVE-2017-0199 critical CVE likely CVE_2017_0199Document contains an embedded OLE link object whose URL Moniker points to a remote URL. When the host file is opened, Office follows the link, downloads the URL, and processes the response based on its Content-Type (HTA -> mshta.exe, RTF → Word, etc.) — the documented CVE-2017-0199 primitive. The URL extension is not a reliable filter; servers can return different payloads to Office's user agent.
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VBA project contains no executable statements low OLE_VBA_MACROSDocument contains a VBA project, but extracted modules only contain attributes/options/comments and no executable statements.
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
macros.bas7f506327609c082af1cd37dde23bc2c71a000f7d1ef530b6abb66775040a7673 |
vba-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) | 1206 bytes |
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