MALICIOUS
160
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
The sample is identified as a malicious Excel downloader by ClamAV. It is password-encrypted, preventing static analysis of its content, but the encryption and malformed structure suggest an attempt to obfuscate malicious behavior. The detection name implies it is designed to download additional malware.
Heuristics 4
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Encrypted Office package with CFB FAT corruption critical OLE_ENCRYPTED_AND_MALFORMEDEncrypted-package shape co-occurs with FAT-chain corruption — the documented combined evasion form.
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ClamAV: Xls.Downloader.94c25b356b5a6cac-9978798-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Downloader.94c25b356b5a6cac-9978798-0
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Office document is password-encrypted medium OFFICE_ENCRYPTED_PACKAGEOLE container holds MS-OFFCRYPTO encrypted package (Standard Encryption (Office 2007, AES)).
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Office OOXML encrypted with default VelvetSweatshop password medium OFFICE_DEFAULT_PASSWORD_ENCRYPTED_OOXMLOLE 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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