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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87ebf1922d047335…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .DOC

388.0 KB
MD5: 6e71ca668c131fe53fabc04ddf20c5e8 SHA-1: c77cdc78378e37a6301035b212402fcdff82c4b1 SHA-256: 87ebf1922d047335e6c66fc7ec9b5f38240fd870e87e72c1fcd6f58537934321
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a password-encrypted Office document containing an embedded Equation Editor OLE object, a known exploit carrier. ClamAV identifies the file as Doc.Dropper.Agent-7505336-0, indicating it functions as a dropper for further malicious activity. The exploitation of the Equation Editor OLE object is a common technique for initial execution.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Doc.Dropper.Agent-7505336-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Dropper.Agent-7505336-0
  • 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.