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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7546ba57d01400a6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

55.5 KB
MD5: 0adc904560849ea95779be034c12e4da SHA-1: 78db3ad19e6e1617d7a49cb0f76ce2deefa1c1ab SHA-256: 7546ba57d01400a65d6db81ffbdfeada883fe63e5e70f66c50ad73b8da77b529
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is an encrypted OOXML file identified as an exploit carrier. The encryption with a default password and the presence of ActiveX and embedded macro documents suggest it is designed to deliver a malicious payload. The exact nature of the payload cannot be determined without further analysis of the embedded components.

Heuristics 2

  • 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.