MALICIOUS
160
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
This Office document contains VBA macros that reference cmd.exe and PowerShell. The GetObject call and the critical OLE_VBA_PS heuristic suggest that the VBA code is designed to execute a PowerShell command. This is a common technique for downloading and executing further malicious content.
Heuristics 4
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PowerShell reference in VBA critical OLE_VBA_PSPowerShell reference in VBA
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GetObject call high OLE_VBA_GETOBJGetObject call
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cmd.exe reference in VBA high OLE_VBA_CMDcmd.exe reference in VBA
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VBA project inside OOXML medium OOXML_VBADocument contains a VBA project — VBA macros present
Extracted artifacts 2
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
macros.bas891858adea8f1d165ac83114cd2200cf3d9f649e822e64c43712be293deb41b5 |
vba-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) | 34430 bytes |
vbaProject_00.binb6a6e2f8c7f46dc7ebdb8e645e2a55557a25ff83736136ddafa501f234122334 |
vba-project | OOXML VBA project: xl/vbaProject.bin | 11264 bytes |
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