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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87b0f6c1615522cb…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

553.0 KB
MD5: 7618cfc372b6af5211b07c808a9566c0 SHA-1: 91ad5cb606c95ddcd5afc3d70c46e2c9c608f5cb SHA-256: 87b0f6c1615522cb0cd190f5c912ecd8b07c7c93cabd0cc34c13ada669f78f0b
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1566 Phishing T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a password-encrypted Office document, a common technique to evade static analysis. Heuristics indicate it's an exploit carrier, specifically mentioning an Equation Editor OLE object, which is frequently used to deliver malware. The encryption and exploit carrier nature strongly suggest a malicious intent, likely to execute a payload upon opening.

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.