MALICIOUS
100
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File
T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking
The sample is an encrypted OOXML file, a common technique for obfuscating malicious content. The presence of Equation Editor OLE objects and the 'OOXML_ENCRYPTED_EXPLOIT_CARRIER_SHAPE' heuristic strongly suggest this file is designed to exploit vulnerabilities within the Equation Editor component, likely to deliver a secondary payload. No scripts or document body text were extracted, limiting further analysis of the specific attack vector.
Heuristics 3
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Equation Editor OLE object high OLE_EQUATION_EDITORDefault-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.
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Default-encrypted OOXML exploit carrier layout high OOXML_ENCRYPTED_EXPLOIT_CARRIER_SHAPEDefault-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.
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Office OOXML encrypted with default VelvetSweatshop password medium OFFICE_DEFAULT_PASSWORD_ENCRYPTED_OOXMLOLE 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.
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