Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdc0fea39cf17628…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

93.0 KB Created: 2008-11-06 07:43:17 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 2c21ca6305a3172768a2426bf809fd1b SHA-1: d78c8a4f919098dfe8274a67bdbee8588d5f265e SHA-256: bdc0fea39cf17628b8414ed82dadde6c4f96897ae022300e12b331d246ffbd7e
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The sample is an Excel document containing VBA macros, specifically a Workbook_Open macro that calls the Shell() function. This indicates the macro is designed to execute an external command or program upon opening. The presence of the 'macros.bas' file further confirms the macro content. The document body presents a list of construction materials, likely a lure to trick the user into enabling macros. The Shell() call suggests the macro downloads and executes a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 5

  • Shell() call in VBA critical OLE_VBA_SHELL
    Shell() call in VBA
  • Workbook_Open macro high OLE_VBA_WBOPEN
    Workbook_Open macro
  • VBA p-code auto-exec with execution tokens high OLE_VBA_PCODE_AUTOEXEC_EXEC
    Compiled VBA/cache stream contains an auto-execution token together with shell/download/object-execution tokens. This catches p-code-only or source-extraction-failure macro documents where visible source is unavailable.
  • 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
d8eaac282b4960bf85f54f6e4bfe268b9156fd45162e62147554d561862ca132
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 4530 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.