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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae6bb07ed36f1cac…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

39.0 KB Created: 2010-08-02 09:46:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 10.1
MD5: dcf6d6ee8fed564d0273ea00e6c640c1 SHA-1: 3c824a1c07426ceb43642a5f8978048c261e6a8c SHA-256: ae6bb07ed36f1cacf6ac4641e29d53184ac59f3006a47861301da2038450c755
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a Microsoft Word document containing VBA macros, specifically a Document_Open macro, which is a common technique for initial execution. ClamAV signatures identify it as 'Doc.Trojan.Thus-8'. The document body contains a narrative that appears to be a lure to encourage macro execution. The presence of the Document_Open macro suggests the intent is to automatically run malicious code upon opening the document, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV 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.
  • Document_Open macro high OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open macro
  • 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
25c979216a3e5338ffd12d5339c82e0857536b35ddcf09baeac483f2a0b7d4ba
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 2366 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely