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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c2c217e6a75b984…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

1.25 MB
MD5: 1cca565f2088a74d7ad5a56dc36a1358 SHA-1: 1cdfa43f0e3092de1fa47bf59bdc6049ed3a715c SHA-256: 3c2c217e6a75b984e3975785002cd1d348c1018d1ad4e1f7998c3f838f2b92cc
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is an OOXML document that is encrypted with a default password, indicating it's likely an exploit carrier. The presence of Equation Editor OLE objects strongly suggests exploitation of a vulnerability within that component. No specific family could be identified, but the attack pattern is consistent with a malicious document designed to exploit a known vulnerability.

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.