Xls.Downloader.94c25b356b5a6cac-9978798-0 — Office (OLE) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94fe39bf35054141…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

125.0 KB First seen: 2022-10-28
MD5: dfd930a7c36216d310790b32ccef6c29 SHA-1: 6dff7fa5212506d43b7a9c85985d267af7169d89 SHA-256: 94fe39bf350541415016932b9a09fd8027348068f1b94e2ad5f4fac80e7c3823
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Xls.Downloader.94c25b356b5a6cac-9978798-0 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1566 Phishing

This Excel file is password-encrypted and contains an Equation Editor OLE object, indicating it's an exploit carrier. The presence of the CVE-2018-0798 anomaly strongly suggests exploitation of a vulnerability within the Equation Editor component. ClamAV identifies this as a downloader, implying it's intended to fetch and execute a secondary payload.

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Xls.Downloader.94c25b356b5a6cac-9978798-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Downloader.94c25b356b5a6cac-9978798-0
  • 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)).
  • 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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