Win.Trojan.Goblin-2 — Office (OLE) malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7a8d4648a518c0a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

11.0 KB Created: 1996-08-06 11:16:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word for Windows 95 First seen: 2012-06-14
MD5: 8187950b541b2b3142627ccc54be6e95 SHA-1: bfa45e91c873abb53da2657c63c76d02b0055ade SHA-256: f7a8d4648a518c0a26f3d89fcf08d9c3b9b2ef94e98f47479753cdc6dfe7af44
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Win.Trojan.Goblin-2 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic

The sample exhibits characteristics of a legacy WordBasic macro-virus, specifically identified by ClamAV as Win.Trojan.Goblin-2. The document body contains embedded strings and commands, including 'Deltree /y C:\Windows' and 'Deltree /y C:\Progra~1', which are indicative of a destructive payload designed to remove system files and program data. The presence of 'ToolsMacro' and various AutoOpen/AutoExit routines further supports the macro-based execution.

Heuristics 2

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Goblin-2 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Goblin-2
  • Legacy WordBasic macro-virus markers high OLE_LEGACY_WORDBASIC_MACRO_VIRUS
    OLE Word document contains legacy WordBasic auto-execution macro markers such as AutoOpen plus ToolsMacro/MacroFile/fileMacro/globMacro or named historical macro-virus strings. These old Word 6/95 macro forms are not exposed as a modern VBA project, so normal VBA source extraction can miss them.

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