MALICIOUS
220
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
The file is a malicious Office document containing an embedded PE executable. Heuristics indicate the presence of APIs commonly used for process manipulation (CreateProcess, LoadLibrary, GetProcAddress) and a NOP sled, suggesting shellcode or exploit code. The embedded executable is the primary indicator of malicious intent, likely serving as a second-stage payload.
Heuristics 5
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Embedded PE executable critical OLE_EMBEDDED_EXEMZ/PE header found inside document — possible embedded executable
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NOP sled detected high SC_NOP_SLEDFound 20+ consecutive 0x90 bytes
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Reference to CreateProcess API high SC_STR_CREATEPROCESSReference to CreateProcess API
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Reference to LoadLibrary API high SC_STR_LOADLIBRARYReference to LoadLibrary API
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Reference to GetProcAddress API high SC_STR_GETPROCADDRESSReference to GetProcAddress API
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
embedded_office_00006000.exe8004b8f924d70b0d4cb11857056dcfcda4767d434b742cc95a2451a7146e3f0f |
embedded-pe | Office MZ+PE at offset 0x6000 | 176128 bytes |
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