Malware Insights
The sample is an Office document containing a VBA macro that executes upon opening (AutoOpen). It first displays a fake error message to lure the user into enabling macros or to mask its execution. The script then proceeds to create a VBScript file named '%userprofile%\4e81a907-cc30-45c0-8bbd-5248e9f6dacd.vbs' and a batch file named '%userprofile%\4e81a907-cc30-45c0-8bbd-5248e9f6dacd.bat'. The VBScript is constructed by concatenating strings to obfuscate its content, and it appears to be designed to execute a second-stage payload. The batch file contains commands to delete temporary files from the Downloads folder. The presence of a remote image beacon also suggests an attempt to track document opens.
Heuristics 12
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Shell() call in VBA critical OLE_VBA_SHELLShell() call in VBA
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Obfuscated VBA Shell command with URL critical OLE_VBA_OBFUSCATED_SHELL_URLVBA macro invokes Shell with command text assembled through decoder or string-manipulation functions and includes a URL. This is a high-confidence downloader/dropper pattern, stronger than Shell or URL evidence on their own.
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AutoOpen macro high OLE_VBA_AUTOOPENAutoOpen macro
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CreateObject call high OLE_VBA_CREATEOBJCreateObject call
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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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Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
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VBA project inside OOXML medium OOXML_VBADocument contains vbaProject.bin — VBA macros present
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Remote image (web beacon / tracking pixel) medium OOXML_IMAGE_BEACONDocument references an external image URL — loads automatically on open, revealing IP address and timestamp to the server (used for phishing tracking and NTLM hash theft on corporate networks)
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External relationship medium OOXML_EXTERNAL_RELExternal target in word/_rels/document.xml.rels: http://webhook.site/d63049e3-1cbe-474b-9005-237517af53a7/docopened.jpg
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Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LUREDocument instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
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Environ() call (env variable access) low OLE_VBA_ENVIRONEnviron() call (env variable access)
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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://webhook.site/d63049e3-1cbe-474b-9005-237517af53a7/docopened.jpg
- https://webhook.site/5dbed3be-f1c9-41e5-b5d5-e961d08b5fba
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingCanvas
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2014/chartex
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2015/9/8/chartex
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2015/10/21/chartex
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/9/chartex
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/10/chartex
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/11/chartex
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/12/chartex
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/13/chartex
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/14/chartex
- http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/ink
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2017/model3d
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2019/extlst
- http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships
- http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/math
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingDrawing
- http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/wordprocessingDrawing
- http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordml
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2012/wordml
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2018/wordml/cex
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2016/wordml/cid
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2018/wordml
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2023/wordml/word16du
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2020/wordml/sdtdatahash
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2024/wordml/sdtformatlock
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2015/wordml/symex
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingGroup
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingInk
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2006/wordml
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingShape
- http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task^
Extracted artifacts 2
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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macros.base12160092339a276768fef990df3c9a7ab90ebfe311980b01aaf5247a1a2bcac |
vba-macro | oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) | 8867 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s). Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.
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vbaProject_00.bin0806ab1f1f71252d9e9c0cd1f88dc626df8e5cc1c0ec285467109ac0c933db1c |
vba-project | OOXML VBA project: word/vbaProject.bin | 22016 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s). Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.
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