Win.Trojan.Emperor-4 — Office (OLE) malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0b09e3319c54e35…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

15.0 KB Created: 1997-05-21 10:26:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 6.0 First seen: 2012-06-14
MD5: 68cd21910ab6f10d29abb661859a1a96 SHA-1: f07788fdbffa9705758b5b05f47573e158ada588 SHA-256: a0b09e3319c54e35b421f7ec57f337da98c6deb9c3bb75deb1d792b0e48c8421
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Win.Trojan.Emperor-4 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The file is identified as a legacy WordBasic macro-virus, specifically flagged with markers like 'TOOLSMACRO' and 'EMPEROR'. ClamAV detection confirms it as 'Win.Trojan.Emperor-4'. The presence of legacy macro virus markers and the Trojan detection strongly indicate the execution of malicious code via WordBasic macros.

Heuristics 2

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Emperor-4 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Emperor-4
  • Legacy WordBasic macro-virus markers high OLE_LEGACY_WORDBASIC_MACRO_VIRUS
    OLE Word document contains legacy WordBasic auto-execution macro markers such as AutoOpen plus ToolsMacro/MacroFile/fileMacro/globMacro or named historical macro-virus strings. These old Word 6/95 macro forms are not exposed as a modern VBA project, so normal VBA source extraction can miss them.