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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6173da9235bb680f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

25.5 KB Created: 1996-12-17 01:32:42 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: f3522e9dab1bdd7efea5ae769a26c773 SHA-1: ecc1020673c1ccea90a228446e7cbb067b4aac48 SHA-256: 6173da9235bb680fd378c22a30cb26e5004b0ed389e36cc5115b843d25871ab1
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2009-3129, an Excel FEATHEADER record overflow vulnerability. This indicates the file is designed to exploit this specific vulnerability to achieve code execution.

Heuristics 1

  • CVE-2009-3129 — Excel FEATHEADER record overflow critical CVE exact CVE_2009_3129
    Workbook BIFF stream contains a FEATHEADER (Feature Header) record with anomalous size (record_size=23, isf=2, cbHdrData=4294967295). Legitimate FEATHEADER records are tiny (<100 bytes) and carry cbHdrData values that fit in the record body; the value here is the documented CVE-2009-3129 exploit primitive — cbHdrData drives a memcpy with attacker-controlled size, leading to memory corruption and code execution in Excel 2007/2003.