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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c77f00fc7d1b712…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

1.23 MB
MD5: dc861bd05a3e4424f31186fb19c7a2f1 SHA-1: 0dc660e9a05ff7049f08a052cd7883a7d776f266 SHA-256: 4c77f00fc7d1b712acbfe44697e36ed638465da6de7dcbef3bb59056358cffc5
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The OOXML document is encrypted with a default password and contains embedded OLE objects, specifically targeting the Equation Editor. This indicates it's likely an exploit carrier designed to leverage a vulnerability within the Equation Editor to execute a malicious payload. The presence of multiple high-severity heuristics related to Equation Editor OLE objects and exploit carriers strongly suggests this attack vector. No scripts or document body text were extracted, limiting further analysis of the payload's specific actions.

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.
  • 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.