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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e4c648b42236672…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

1.23 MB
MD5: ad817786e05c5177fbe3295d94a783b5 SHA-1: 2f6fd26a661aecb7ff82dee366fe4a089a19dd6b SHA-256: 2e4c648b422366723d7095a3bcbe66b547c3bc61f1448bb10793cb8ea73a6390
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1566 Phishing T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The sample is an encrypted OOXML file identified as a malicious exploit carrier. It contains an Equation Editor OLE object that exhibits anomalies consistent with CVE-2018-0798, indicating it's designed to exploit this vulnerability for initial execution. The encrypted nature and the specific exploit vector suggest a downloader or dropper functionality, though no specific payload or network indicators were extracted.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • CVE-2018-0798 — anomalous Equation Editor native stream high CVE likely CVE_2018_0798_EQUATION_NATIVE_ANOMALY
    Default-encrypted OOXML contains embedded Equation Editor data with anomalous native stream bytes consistent with a CVE-2018-0798-style exploit. This is treated as likely CVE evidence because the Equation object is malformed and payload-like.
  • 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.
  • Equation Editor object carries payload-like Ole10Native stream high OLE_EQUATION_OLE10NATIVE_PAYLOAD_ANOMALY
    Default-encrypted OOXML embedded OLE object declares the Equation Editor CLSID but stores a large high-entropy Ole10Native stream with malformed package sizing. This is exploit-shaped Equation/OLE payload evidence.
  • 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.

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