Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 483d48b9b5854a24…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

820.0 KB Created: 2014-12-02 01:28:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Office Word First seen: 2018-06-21
MD5: e5a65138290f1f972a29fdab52990eb9 SHA-1: 6dff9c9b2a7a937c21b01cfe6db8d16da88e5768 SHA-256: 483d48b9b5854a24ab262802b2d61a8e9983c994121dd51a571da1fb5ecb680f
362 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample exploits CVE-2007-3899, a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Word, to execute arbitrary code. The embedded OLE package contains a script that attempts to download and execute a payload from a provided URL. The document body's content, while containing a name and a lure to open a resume in Adobe Reader, is likely a distraction from the underlying exploit.

Heuristics 9

  • CVE-2007-3899 — Microsoft Word malformed string memory corruption critical CVE likely CVE_2007_3899
    Word OLE document has the MS07-060 malformed-string exploit shape: a Word 97-family FIB points to a malformed DOP/string-table region with an abnormal INT_MAX run, inflated text counters, and exploit payload or Mdropper.Z campaign evidence.
  • OLE with Ole10Native — possible CVE-2026-21514 exploitation high CVE likely CVE_2026_21514
    Document contains a Word OLE object with Ole10Native plus executable, PE, or risky remote-link indicators. CVE-2026-21514 exploits OLE metadata validation; this stronger structure is treated as likely exploitation.
  • Ole10Native package payload is a download-and-execute script critical OFFICE_PACKAGE_SCRIPT_DROPPER
    The OLE Package's embedded payload contains a script that hosts a shell (PowerShell/WScript/mshta), fetches a remote resource, and executes it — a download-and-run dropper. Embedding such a script inside an Office document via the Object Packager is a direct user-execution delivery technique (MITRE T1204.002), not a benign attachment.
  • Ole10Native package drops an auto-executable payload critical OFFICE_PACKAGE_RISKY_FILE
    OLE Package displayName or fullPath ends in a directly auto-executable extension (a runnable binary or a script the default shell host runs on double-click). Embedding such a payload inside an Office document has no benign authoring use — it is a malware-delivery dropper.
  • x86 GetPC stub (CALL $+5; POP EAX) high SC_GETPC_CALL
    x86 GetPC stub (CALL $+5; POP EAX)
    Disassembly
    Attempted x86 opcode disassembly
    000996F9  e800000000        call 0x996fe
    000996FE  58                pop eax
    000996FF  055a0b0000        add eax, 0xb5a
    00099704  8b30              mov esi, dword ptr [eax]
    00099706  03f0              add esi, eax
    00099708  2bc0              sub eax, eax
    0009970A  8bfe              mov edi, esi
    0009970C  66ad              lodsw ax, word ptr [esi]
    0009970E  c1e00c            shl eax, 0xc
    00099711  8bc8              mov ecx, eax
    00099713  50                push eax
    00099714  ad                lodsd eax, dword ptr [esi]
    00099715  2bc8              sub ecx, eax
    00099717  03f1              add esi, ecx
    00099719  8bc8              mov ecx, eax
    0009971B  57                push edi
    0009971C  51                push ecx
    0009971D  49                dec ecx
    0009971E  8a443906          mov al, byte ptr [ecx + edi + 6]
    00099722  880431            mov byte ptr [ecx + esi], al
    00099725  75f6              jne 0x9971d
    00099727  2bc0              sub eax, eax
    00099729  ac                lodsb al, byte ptr [esi]
    0009972A  8bc8              mov ecx, eax
    0009972C  80e1f0            and cl, 0xf0
    0009972F  240f              and al, 0xf
    00099731  c1e10c            shl ecx, 0xc
    00099734  8ae8              mov ch, al
    00099736  ac                lodsb al, byte ptr [esi]
    00099737  0bc8              or ecx, eax
    00099739  51                push ecx
    0009973A  02cd              add cl, ch
    0009973C  bd00fdffff        mov ebp, 0xfffffd00
    00099741  d3e5              shl ebp, cl
    00099743  59                pop ecx
    00099744  58                pop eax
    00099745  8bdc              mov ebx, esp
    00099747  8da46c90f1ffff    lea esp, [esp + ebp*2 - 0xe70]
    0009974E  51                push ecx
    0009974F  2bc9              sub ecx, ecx
    00099751  51                push ecx
    00099752  51                push ecx
    00099753  8bcc              mov ecx, esp
    00099755  51                push ecx
    00099756  668b17            mov dx, word ptr [edi]
  • Reference to ShellExecute API high SC_STR_SHELLEXEC
    Reference to ShellExecute API
  • Reference to GetProcAddress API high SC_STR_GETPROCADDRESS
    Reference to GetProcAddress API
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One 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://ocsp.thawte.com0 Embedded OLE package script
    • http://ts-ocsp.ws.symantec.com07Embedded OLE package script
    • http://crl.thawte.com/ThawteTimestampingCA.crl0Embedded OLE package script
    • http://ts-aia.ws.symantec.com/tss-ca-g2.cer0Embedded OLE package script
    • http://ts-crl.ws.symantec.com/tss-ca-g2.crl0(In document text (OLE body)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/mainIn document text (OLE body)
    • http://ts-crl.ws.symantec.com/tss-ca-g2.crl0Embedded OLE package script

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
ole10native_00.bin ole-package OLE Ole10Native stream: ObjectPool/_1483328472/Ole10Native 795687 bytes
SHA-256: 2b62fda38ca95df0d3f404800db28d799af676dc8c3ce80a452703b0cec8b580
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Static shellcode analysis found candidate code region(s). Indicators: SC_STR_GETPROCADDRESS, SC_STR_SHELLEXEC, SC_GETPC_CALL Static shellcode analysis recovered API/import strings: kernel32.dll, advapi32.dll, shell32.dll, KERNEL32.DLL, ADVAPI32.DLL, GetProcAddress Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.