MALICIOUS
220
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic
T1059.001 PowerShell
The sample is a PowerPoint file containing VBA macros, specifically an Auto_Close macro. Critical heuristics indicate the use of the Shell() function and VBA p-code execution, suggesting the macro attempts to run external commands. The Auto_Close macro is designed to execute automatically when the presentation is closed, facilitating the execution of a malicious payload. No specific family could be identified, but the techniques used are common for initial access and payload delivery.
Heuristics 5
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Shell() call in VBA critical OLE_VBA_SHELLShell() call in VBA
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ClamAV: Doc.Malware.W2000m-9775797-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Malware.W2000m-9775797-0
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Auto_Close macro high OLE_VBA_AUTOCLOSEAuto_Close macro
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VBA p-code auto-exec with execution tokens high OLE_VBA_PCODE_AUTOEXEC_EXECCompiled VBA/cache stream contains an auto-execution token together with shell/download/object-execution tokens. This catches p-code-only or source-extraction-failure macro documents where visible source is unavailable.
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VBA macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROSDocument contains VBA macro code
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
macros.basdb25416a2415a35af0c18b282fd1b0a2773151bf9138cb62cb130af32828576c |
vba-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) | 2362 bytes |
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