Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5dce9564b7e1cde…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

109.0 KB Created: 2001-01-03 02:43:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Office Word
MD5: 12ba689586c5f8295fe3ecfad27127e9 SHA-1: d3a8a7dd58773b404ed4fbeb6e77b342b9039841 SHA-256: f5dce9564b7e1cde9d7583ef6aa0c6db44e59c0ace9d067a8f692f6b72c189c5
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The file contains VBA macros, specifically a Document_Open macro that uses CreateObject, indicating an attempt to execute code automatically when the document is opened. The heuristics suggest VBA Chr string obfuscation and auto-execution, pointing towards a downloader or dropper functionality. No specific family could be identified, but the techniques used are common for initial payload delivery.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One 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.
  • 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
7b86e66c9582a6c34474bc5638e3808921c90857fb5a54f268df0d653ad1080b
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 41531 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 26 Chr/ChrW string-construction calls. Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.