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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55d1ef3bc24733ca…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

707.0 KB First seen: 2026-05-15
MD5: 2d7fbbb90b1681b69ccf276e4ec01966 SHA-1: cfb3ef57e5bc92f9f641bac289e8cc8846accfbf SHA-256: 55d1ef3bc24733cabc172c008d4e72cfc83f9b4c0f7cb77e239d0c9aacd69e09
120 Risk Score

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.
  • Office document is password-encrypted medium OFFICE_ENCRYPTED_PACKAGE
    OLE container holds MS-OFFCRYPTO encrypted package (Standard Encryption (Office 2007+, AES-128)).
  • 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.