Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2ea5b63f11e1aa4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

39.0 KB Created: 2003-03-26 09:25:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word 9.0
MD5: 3a9e43764dfec7f45684468d98bc82f2 SHA-1: 8230c9c49acca8d7bcfa7eb6cc1d1e95b59dae6f SHA-256: f2ea5b63f11e1aa4b91997a3fc1d3ed2677be5084663e47c4aaa0e2fc7ab794a
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a Microsoft Word document containing VBA macros, specifically a Document_Open macro, which is a common technique for initial execution. The document body presents as a business studies assignment, likely to trick the user into enabling macros. The presence of a Document_Open macro suggests the intent is to execute malicious code upon opening the document, potentially leading to further stages of infection.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8
  • 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
6499970e803f3eb169fec7a184757228dfeebf8e1895272e39822a7ea99a0b3a
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 2506 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Doc.Trojan.Thus-8
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely