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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bfd9e29d28eebe3f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .V

97.0 KB Created: 1996-12-17 01:32:42 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 6a7e03f1688e78a7b53301cfd1150956 SHA-1: db3dd856818eb208e52e5f34c905a38e642c547a SHA-256: bfd9e29d28eebe3f3f6680377306f6f325c554091bccbfad3413849be87880f2
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic for Applications T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel document containing VBA macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro, which is a common technique for executing malicious code upon opening. ClamAV detections indicate it is a known malware variant. The document body presents a plausible-looking hardware and software order, suggesting a social engineering lure to encourage macro execution.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Ppt.Malware.Laroux-10036124-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Ppt.Malware.Laroux-10036124-0
  • 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.
  • Auto_Open macro high OLE_VBA_AUTO
    Auto_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
fb2929454da53a7c274256eb0b38ca9476f9f1c61d52f3b7e15bf6ac20b85c3e
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 2073 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Trojan.Escape-1
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely