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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 853ec8e08bb550d1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

2.14 MB
MD5: 41744f01be9244a4898f4ce66d834fdf SHA-1: 47380fee9630994030669cf5677933ee6d4904ee SHA-256: 853ec8e08bb550d1cbee879192d9571cf6be658099a521f52044e8cce8eb4afa
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1566 Phishing T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The file is an encrypted Office document that contains an embedded Equation Editor OLE object. This object is known to be used as a carrier for exploits, specifically targeting vulnerabilities like CVE-2017-11882. The presence of an 'Ole10Native' stream within the Equation Editor object strongly suggests it's designed to deliver a malicious payload. No specific URLs or hashes were extracted, but the attack pattern is consistent with a weaponized Office document.

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.