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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a0c3b2ed9c7d1a1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

622.5 KB
MD5: 6e66d6e671428ad6b005a41c80012f3f SHA-1: b0e175ead01b5de0602617c39ecfc9e03aef62c9 SHA-256: 3a0c3b2ed9c7d1a1925538d713cd2362e3bfc906e2bda48c9987dc3207151c76
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The critical heuristic firing indicates exploitation of CVE-2017-0199 via a URL Moniker, which is used to download and execute a remote payload from the provided URL. The OOXML document is encrypted with a default password and contains an exploit carrier, further supporting this attack pattern. No document body text was extractable due to encryption.

Heuristics 3

  • OLE2Link / URL Moniker → remote loader — CVE-2017-0199 critical CVE likely CVE_2017_0199
    Document contains an embedded OLE link object whose URL Moniker points to a remote URL. When the host file is opened, Office follows the link, downloads the URL, and processes the response based on its Content-Type (HTA -> mshta.exe, RTF → Word, etc.) — the documented CVE-2017-0199 primitive. The URL extension is not a reliable filter; servers can return different payloads to Office's user agent.
    URL http://luu.li/CUCo
  • 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.