Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec53cb03775a2b82…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

79.0 KB Created: 2009-08-27 21:54:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 11.5.5
MD5: 168048d2b7e1da5943a30681b86729d6 SHA-1: 4534253ce483ca5788bf07f8c130677283700b62 SHA-256: ec53cb03775a2b8208c44799349e85bd1409f136f4ab678ae243401b21a0ff7a
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature 'Doc.Trojan.Thus-10'. It contains VBA macros, specifically a 'Document_Open' macro, which is a common technique for executing malicious code upon opening the document. The document body discusses a school band program, a common lure to trick users into enabling macros. The primary intent appears to be the execution of a second-stage payload via the detected macros.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-10 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Thus-10
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • Document_Open macro high OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open macro
  • VBA macros detected medium OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
92d0fa20925437be855228570a2aee5857b549baa6f864914dbb8b0b4fb228f1
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 2270 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-10
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely