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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bb3bd58c4a65c63…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

2.66 MB
MD5: 4685b3431acf9f4024f8f0ee3034ccfe SHA-1: 40a940f03ed48e5751025b419d01fb1860da388d SHA-256: 1bb3bd58c4a65c637aaf4ca206bdcb0c04a24eadb441222783dc542efef8c4bc
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The OOXML file is encrypted with a default password and contains an embedded Equation Editor OLE object, a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities. The presence of this object suggests the file is designed to act as a carrier for a malicious payload, likely exploiting a known vulnerability within the Equation Editor. No document body or scripts were extractable due to encryption, limiting further analysis of the payload's intent.

Heuristics 3

  • Equation Editor OLE object high CVE related OLE_EQUATION_EDITOR
    Default-encrypted OOXML embedded OLE object xl/embeddings/oleObject1.bin contains the Equation Editor CLSID, the legacy component exploited by CVE-2017-11882, CVE-2018-0802, and CVE-2018-0798.
  • Default-encrypted OOXML exploit carrier layout high OOXML_ENCRYPTED_EXPLOIT_CARRIER_SHAPE
    Default-password encrypted OOXML package contains embedded OLE object parts and additional activation/decoy parts. This layout is common in malicious Excel exploit delivery and requires inspecting the decrypted package.
  • Office OOXML encrypted with default VelvetSweatshop password medium OFFICE_DEFAULT_PASSWORD_ENCRYPTED_OOXML
    OLE EncryptedPackage decrypts with Excel's built-in VelvetSweatshop password. Office opens this transparently, and malware uses it to hide OOXML exploit parts from scanners that only inspect the outer OLE container.