MALICIOUS
108
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1059.005 Visual Basic
The critical heuristic firing indicates the exploitation of CVE-2017-0199 via an OLE2Link object, which is designed to download and execute a remote payload. The embedded URL points to a PHP script on a suspicious domain, suggesting a delivery mechanism for further malicious activity. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic suggests the document may be part of a social engineering tactic to trick users into opening password-protected archives, further obscuring the malicious payload.
Heuristics 3
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OLE2Link / URL Moniker → remote loader — CVE-2017-0199 critical CVE likely CVE_2017_0199Document contains an embedded OLE link object whose URL Moniker points to a remote URL. When the host file is opened, Office follows the link, downloads the URL, and processes the response based on its Content-Type (HTA -> mshta.exe, RTF → Word, etc.) — the documented CVE-2017-0199 primitive. The URL extension is not a reliable filter; servers can return different payloads to Office's user agent.URL http://025475315574025475315574025475315574025475315574@025475315574/httpsopswatacademy.comcompanyauthorized-training-program.php
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Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LUREDocument gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
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VBA project contains no executable statements low OLE_VBA_MACROSDocument contains a VBA project, but extracted modules only contain attributes/options/comments and no executable statements.
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
macros.bas7f506327609c082af1cd37dde23bc2c71a000f7d1ef530b6abb66775040a7673 |
vba-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) | 1206 bytes |
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