Malicious Office (OLE) — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffef8800db4e2a82…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

130.5 KB Created: 2008-09-25 03:54:49 Authoring application: Microsoft Office PowerPoint
MD5: e8f13851ec551b69b0d91b76451acdf5 SHA-1: 6c0ab9c7c2454f38cb6f24342ad29beb2bc1acec SHA-256: ffef8800db4e2a82de2731b4db3b57cb26d4b1b2120b8b59dedf6f54d05f24db
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with multiple signatures, including Ppt.Malware.Laroux-10036124-0 and Xls.Trojan.Escape-1 on an extracted artifact. Static analysis detected VBA macros, specifically an Auto_Open macro, indicating that the document is designed to execute malicious code upon opening. The document body content appears to be a standard operating procedure for returns, likely serving as a lure to disguise the malicious nature of the file.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Ppt.Malware.Laroux-10036124-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Ppt.Malware.Laroux-10036124-0
  • 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.
  • Auto_Open macro high OLE_VBA_AUTO
    Auto_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
867f33b96943bbf9af8322b042228c20f1c738891f13586281fda186d6903141
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 2056 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Trojan.Escape-1
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely