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Attachment with macro calling executable

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Malware/Ransomware
Evasion
Macros
Archive analysis
File analysis

Description

Recursively scans files and archives to detect embedded VBA files with an encoded hex string referencing an exe.

This may be an attempt to heavily obfuscate an execution through Microsoft document.

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Created Aug 17th, 2023 • Last updated Dec 19th, 2023
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type.inbound
and any(attachments,
        (
          .file_extension in~ $file_extensions_macros
          or .file_extension in~ $file_extensions_common_archives
          or (
              .file_extension is null
              and .file_type == "unknown"
              and .content_type == "application/octet-stream"
              and .size < 100000000
            )
        )
        and any(file.explode(.), any(.scan.vba.hex, strings.ilike(., "*exe*")))
)
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