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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 200fbc7353b8147b…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

565.0 KB
MD5: 0da4125c5b7d566c1b9f2778ec938f9d SHA-1: 8b61aea0e7911376566cff5fc1dd6cee407844b5 SHA-256: 200fbc7353b8147b25d49cda3f2e0785d677e2e8d74a725012f7691fefb27c20
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The analysis indicates a password-encrypted Office document. High-severity heuristics identify it as an exploit carrier, specifically noting an Equation Editor OLE object. This suggests the document is designed to exploit vulnerabilities within the Equation Editor component when opened.

Heuristics 4

  • 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 document is password-encrypted medium OFFICE_ENCRYPTED_PACKAGE
    OLE container holds MS-OFFCRYPTO encrypted package (Standard Encryption (Office 2007+, AES-128)).
  • 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.