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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8202e6286b2af543…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

752.5 KB First seen: 2026-05-11
MD5: 4daada7c30c6ee24bcfe5689402dd095 SHA-1: 157bf621a582a6be33a977d732d52630c1427139 SHA-256: 8202e6286b2af54392132b3b8ab03be64cfb4e49d3b416e3b918bb50683582c6
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a password-encrypted Office document identified as an exploit carrier. It contains an Equation Editor OLE object, a known vector for exploiting vulnerabilities like CVE-2017-11882. This technique allows for arbitrary code execution on the victim's machine.

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.