Malicious Office (OLE) / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cfc962536a04ab2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

50.5 KB Created: 1997-02-17 17:42:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 11.2
MD5: 9f9c1930897a8538dfbb3288e008a04d SHA-1: 0047dafdaaceeb48e37d53bc14ec0ebb96613ba0 SHA-256: 8cfc962536a04ab2eeeca5db58f004e4b1d65220da50f1ebeabb2f79a305adb0
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a Microsoft Word document containing VBA macros, specifically a Document_Open macro, which is a common technique for initial execution. ClamAV detected this file as Doc.Trojan.Thus-8, indicating a known malicious pattern. The macro is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, although the specific actions are not detailed in the provided heuristics.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • Document_Open macro high OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open macro
  • VBA macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
588a321bc75a5ae4e5725821dec576a3355fde580c6308b43a6d085be431a441
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 2375 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely