MALICIOUS
100
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link
T1566 Phishing
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
The file is an encrypted OOXML spreadsheet, indicated by the 'OFFICE_DEFAULT_PASSWORD_ENCRYPTED_OOXML' heuristic. The presence of an Equation Editor OLE object ('OLE_EQUATION_EDITOR') within embedded OLE objects ('OOXML_ENCRYPTED_EXPLOIT_CARRIER_SHAPE') strongly suggests it's designed to exploit a known vulnerability, likely CVE-2017-11882, to execute arbitrary code. The encrypted nature and exploit carrier shape point towards a malicious intent to deliver a secondary payload.
Heuristics 3
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Equation Editor OLE object high OLE_EQUATION_EDITORDefault-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.
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Default-encrypted OOXML exploit carrier layout high OOXML_ENCRYPTED_EXPLOIT_CARRIER_SHAPEDefault-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.
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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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