MALICIOUS
220
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications
T1204.002 Malicious File
The file is a malicious Microsoft Word document containing VBA macros, specifically a Document_Open macro, which is a common technique for initial execution. ClamAV signatures identify it as Doc.Trojan.Xaler-1. The document body presents a seemingly legitimate business report, likely to trick the user into enabling macros. The presence of a Document_Open macro strongly suggests the intent is to execute malicious code upon opening, likely to download and run a secondary payload.
Heuristics 5
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ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Xaler-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Xaler-1
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ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAVClamAV 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.
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Document_Open macro high OLE_VBA_DOCOPENDocument_Open macro
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Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
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VBA macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROSDocument contains VBA macro code
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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macros.bas1cbc462dcca3c27173fc45d24240401a5b3cfb815952dda49f8b579961e67218 |
vba-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) | 242338 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
Doc.Trojan.Xaler-1
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 10 Chr/ChrW string-construction calls.
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