Poppy — Office (OLE) malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b938f77491afa2d0…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

94.0 KB Created: 2002-06-11 05:25:31 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 13584463b20010a2e7acf3a6b3f874ad SHA-1: a2ade8e2fa52fe2732f9bc920b948974ffcc7a80 SHA-256: b938f77491afa2d0c4b43d1981cf0a743a551268938cffbf77d8aeefde41d555
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Poppy · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications

The file is identified as a legacy Excel formula macro virus, specifically 'Poppy' by 'VicodinES' and 'The Narkotic Network'. The document body contains text related to ship cargo and mentions 'Classic.Poppy by VicodinES' and 'An Excel Formula Macro Virus (XF.Classic)', indicating its purpose is to infect other Excel workbooks. The presence of 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\xlstart\Book1.' suggests a potential infection path.

Heuristics 1

  • Legacy Excel formula macro virus marker critical OLE_XLS_FORMULA_MACRO_VIRUS
    Workbook stream contains self-identifying legacy Excel formula macro virus markers. This indicates the document carries formula macro virus content even when no VBA project or modern XLM macro-sheet structure is present.