starter.py

# Code related to ESET's VBA Dynamic Hook research
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# Kacper Szurek <kacper.szurek@eset.com>
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# Open malicious `.doc` document and close it after timeout

from time import sleep
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import sys

def popen_timeout(command, timeout):
    p = Popen(command, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
    for t in xrange(timeout):
        sleep(1)
        if p.poll() is not None:
            return p.communicate()
    Popen(['taskkill', '/F', '/T', '/PID', str(p.pid)]).communicate()
    p.terminate()

    return False

if len(sys.argv) != 2:
	print "[-] Missing path"
else:
	popen_timeout(['taskkill', '/f', '/im', 'winword.exe'], 5)
	popen_timeout(['cmd', '/c', 'start', '/wait', sys.argv[1]], 10)