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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f89e8420d1a62f1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .EXE

59.5 KB Created: 1999-03-07 13:56:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 8.0
MD5: f48449afa3979c68693212e5bf883031 SHA-1: da87a128bb843fa4d850aacbfc68a8c36b706678 SHA-256: 8f89e8420d1a62f13fedf3c8056c7804413a2c269ed4d674a9be055273b88796
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature 'Doc.Trojan.Ping-1'. Static analysis detected VBA macros and a CreateObject call, indicating the potential for malicious script execution. The presence of VBA macros suggests the file is designed to run code upon opening, likely to download and execute a further stage. The document body content appears to be a list of software serial numbers and does not provide direct clues to the malicious intent.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Ping-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Ping-1
  • 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.
  • CreateObject call high OLE_VBA_CREATEOBJ
    CreateObject call
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • 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
25ffdb1c3e546f9f8e7d130f4529811152b300c02bb97c81acefa1ba52506460
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 2274 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Ping-1
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.