Win.Trojan.Laroux-68 — Office (OLE) malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 640c19511107f582…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

90.5 KB Created: 1999-02-08 09:24:15 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel First seen: 2012-06-14
MD5: 29a50841b22ad249613c8f854533303c SHA-1: 94e48ad9401402089be4ed3358b1a9c8da53ba11 SHA-256: 640c19511107f582d43941b8e96a46193291384b38dd865584962be869d83e6c
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Win.Trojan.Laroux-68 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The file is identified as a malicious Excel 5 macro-virus, specifically Win.Trojan.Laroux-68, by multiple critical heuristics. The presence of 'laroux' markers and the detection name strongly indicate the execution of a known malware family. The document body contains garbled text, suggesting it is not intended for user interaction but rather to host the malicious macro.

Heuristics 2

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Laroux-68 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Laroux-68
  • Excel 5 Laroux/Larou-CV macro-virus marker cluster critical OLE_XLS5_LAROUX_MACRO_VIRUS
    Legacy Excel workbook contains a Laroux/Larou-CV macro-virus marker cluster including auto_open execution and workbook/module replication strings. This is a narrow indicator for an infected legacy Excel macro workbook.