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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2ecc1ceb8be8bd6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

1.83 MB Created: 2024-11-28 11:20:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Office Word43Normal@騀ू ⫂
MD5: 98ba1ce95cc00823a596b00935a7f995 SHA-1: 1af147b2a2ee6eb3e4d8dfa61b8d2b565f0f2b88 SHA-256: a2ecc1ceb8be8bd6565af2c5f59a9a705611e0cff5b862f0fd40b056c6ae652b
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The file contains VBA macros, including a Shell() call and CreateObject calls, indicating it is designed to execute arbitrary code. The presence of VBA Chr string obfuscation suggests an attempt to hide malicious functionality. The primary function appears to be downloading and executing a secondary payload, typical of a downloader malware.

Heuristics 4

  • Shell() call in VBA critical OLE_VBA_SHELL
    Shell() call in VBA
  • 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
e5d241a7f3fc0450d17c78f3dcf3ba113184d665f17fa1aa6d86791b3987f274
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 2727395 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 301 Chr/ChrW string-construction calls.