Malicious Office (OLE) / .XLS — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12e48c7ba834b1f5…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

25.5 KB Created: 1996-12-17 01:32:42 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: fd8a2227dededc743a2e1897b553a79e SHA-1: 1ce9d34d27fcd3fbbbfbf3197fae3d51280a6e59 SHA-256: 12e48c7ba834b1f50794759b29dd6dc20791980b4ba065eca6389ef32e4d5520
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that contains a critical heuristic firing for CVE-2009-3129, an Excel FEATHEADER record overflow vulnerability. This indicates the file is designed to exploit this vulnerability to achieve code execution on a victim's machine.

Heuristics 1

  • CVE-2009-3129 — Excel FEATHEADER record overflow critical CVE exact CVE_2009_3129
    Workbook BIFF stream contains a FEATHEADER (Feature Header) record with anomalous size (record_size=23, isf=2, cbHdrData=4294967295). Legitimate FEATHEADER records are tiny (<100 bytes) and carry cbHdrData values that fit in the record body; the value here is the documented CVE-2009-3129 exploit primitive — cbHdrData drives a memcpy with attacker-controlled size, leading to memory corruption and code execution in Excel 2007/2003.