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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82b5b3932d32d3c9…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

1.22 MB
MD5: d412ca9b87a56bffb27f3f8479e10aef SHA-1: af824f6bcbf67326b92ae2513f3251986fd19c59 SHA-256: 82b5b3932d32d3c91730bad9dda00f872835609cbc922fc4e70dbf2d21f8c52a
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The OOXML document is encrypted with a default password and contains embedded OLE objects, specifically targeting the Equation Editor. This indicates it's likely an exploit carrier designed to leverage a vulnerability within the Equation Editor to execute a malicious payload. The presence of an 'Ole10Native' stream anomaly within the Equation Editor object further supports this, suggesting it's not a standard embedded object but rather a container for malicious content. No scripts were extracted, and no document body was available for analysis.

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.
  • Equation Editor object carries payload-like Ole10Native stream high OLE_EQUATION_OLE10NATIVE_PAYLOAD_ANOMALY
    Default-encrypted OOXML embedded OLE object declares the Equation Editor CLSID but stores a large high-entropy Ole10Native stream with malformed package sizing. This is exploit-shaped Equation/OLE payload evidence.
  • 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.