Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c9876a2fbe85cb9…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

41.0 KB Created: 2009-05-06 14:01:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 11.3.5
MD5: 3c3e36759926ec37947bc49a148ba206 SHA-1: 0053ec3ab6564aacd4d9599c81fa5bb5226edfb1 SHA-256: 4c9876a2fbe85cb9bb6a4e982a6ee8eb4e3a9b42059519fcbf41b958f67eac4c
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a Microsoft Word document containing VBA macros, specifically a Document_Open macro, which is a common technique for executing malicious code upon opening. The document body presents a plausible-looking course syllabus to trick the user into enabling macros. The ClamAV detection 'Doc.Trojan.Thus-10' further confirms its malicious nature. No specific IOCs like URLs or hashes were extracted from the macros themselves, but the presence of the Document_Open macro is a strong indicator of malicious intent.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-10 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Thus-10
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV 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.
  • Document_Open macro high OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open macro
  • VBA macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
92d0fa20925437be855228570a2aee5857b549baa6f864914dbb8b0b4fb228f1
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 2270 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-10
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely