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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89bf5c0bd0ba9f70…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

59.0 KB First seen: 2022-06-17
MD5: 0854d6a35ee068ebf2b859c4725dcd3b SHA-1: ce7d5d135f8b1a2fae882b9a015b0bd0453f81dc SHA-256: 89bf5c0bd0ba9f70cc760b6df5ac54ff9a71a56daa0b3e508fca984b775287e8
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File T1559 Component Object Model Hijacking T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking: Component Object Model Hijacking

The sample is a password-encrypted Office XLSX file. High-severity heuristics indicate it contains an Equation Editor OLE object (xl/embeddings/oleObject1.bin) which is anomalous and indicative of CVE-2018-0798. This suggests the file is an exploit carrier designed to leverage this vulnerability when the OLE object is processed. No document body or scripts were extractable due to encryption.

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.
  • CVE-2018-0798 — anomalous Equation Editor native stream high CVE likely CVE_2018_0798_EQUATION_NATIVE_ANOMALY
    Default-encrypted OOXML contains embedded Equation Editor data with anomalous native stream bytes consistent with a CVE-2018-0798-style exploit. This is treated as likely CVE evidence because the Equation object is malformed and payload-like.
  • 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)).
  • 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.

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