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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51bf964e03b433de…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

1.23 MB
MD5: 2895bdcbb182b41933808d5f6f26e692 SHA-1: cc67d3f2518a3b6e0d3ccd2b5459bb71fd699d1f SHA-256: 51bf964e03b433de3d6e470764dcfb3c0a86f2cb127be9023fe2482de339f782
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1204.002 User Execution: Mal uma own the world

The sample is an encrypted Office document containing Equation Editor OLE objects with payload-like anomalies. These are characteristic of CVE-2017-11882 or similar Equation Editor exploits used to trigger remote code execution. The ClamAV detection specifically identifies it as a downloader, and the same default password encryption is used to evade detection.

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.
  • ClamAV: Xls.Downloader.af2fa5c5d0587870-9978799-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Downloader.af2fa5c5d0587870-9978799-0
  • 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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