Lemodldr — Office (OLE) / .DOCX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bd4448e06404510…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOCX

172.8 KB Created: 2020-07-31 21:54:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Office Word
MD5: 583da66b87c441323cb85e2585a7af92 SHA-1: 72d3ed056c0cc6ca9cae1c80ce2cd37f05b33b07 SHA-256: 4bd4448e06404510ab9d35c4f13fca11bfb149a3063e4778493a5fbe17fbd561
300 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Lemodldr · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The file contains VBA macros, specifically a Document_Open macro that utilizes CreateObject and a hidden UserForm command stager. This indicates the document is designed to automatically execute malicious code upon opening. The ClamAV signature 'Doc.Malware.Lemodldr-9206376-0' strongly suggests a Lemodldr family variant, which typically functions as a downloader. The embedded URL was confirmed benign, but the primary malicious activity is driven by the VBA code.

Heuristics 8

  • VBA UserForm hidden-property command stager critical OLE_VBA_USERFORM_HIDDEN_COMMAND_STAGER
    VBA auto-exec macro creates a COM object from a decoded variable and reconstructs command text through Split/Join and hidden UserForm properties such as ControlTipText, Tag, Pages, or HelpContextId. This is a high-confidence macro downloader/loader shape seen in the reviewed OLE set, but it is not an Office CVE exploit primitive.
  • ClamAV: Doc.Malware.Lemodldr-9206376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Malware.Lemodldr-9206376-0
  • Document_Open macro high OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open macro
  • CreateObject call high OLE_VBA_CREATEOBJ
    CreateObject call
  • VBA p-code auto-exec with execution tokens high OLE_VBA_PCODE_AUTOEXEC_EXEC
    Compiled 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high 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.
  • VBA macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • 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://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
1b21bbb4d93e97d36216ecade53ca99857d6b9aec25be460bb5db7defdc61072
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 4996 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.