MALICIOUS
240
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic
T1059.001 PowerShell
The sample is an OLE document containing VBA macros. Heuristics indicate the presence of a Shell() call within the VBA code, suggesting an attempt to execute external commands or payloads. The document body presents academic questions, likely as a lure to encourage macro execution. The embedded VBA macros were detected by ClamAV as 'Doc.Trojan.Marker-31' and an extracted artifact was detected as 'Doc.Trojan.Marker-1', indicating a known malicious pattern.
Heuristics 5
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Shell() call in VBA critical OLE_VBA_SHELLShell() call in VBA
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ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Marker-31 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Marker-31
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ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAVClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
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Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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VBA macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROSDocument contains VBA macro code
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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macros.bas2468be0c555d925f7999bd9a60efe2bf894d9204d62d4cccf1b73ad7cfb5461c |
vba-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) | 24745 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
Doc.Trojan.Marker-1
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.
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