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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9746b5494a8eea69…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

65.1 KB First seen: 2022-10-12
MD5: 68fe292030a98571e4fe673083255e4e SHA-1: a57523e6d63ebd70d8794d390c43e0cc032dfecf SHA-256: 9746b5494a8eea69b1bdcb867ea0e8be5bb6b82756809f26c3caf3729e9adcf7
262 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File T1200 Hardware Add-in T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1071.001 Web Protocols: Web Protocols T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The sample is an encrypted Office document designed to exploit CVE-2017-0199. It contains an embedded URL that likely serves as a loader for a second-stage malicious document. The ClamAV detection name 'Xls.Downloader.94c25b356b5a6cac-9978798-0' further supports its role as a downloader.

Heuristics 7

  • OLE2Link / URL Moniker → remote loader — CVE-2017-0199 critical CVE likely CVE_2017_0199
    Document contains an embedded OLE link object whose URL Moniker points to a remote URL. When the host file is opened, Office follows the link, downloads the URL, and processes the response based on its Content-Type (HTA -> mshta.exe, RTF → Word, etc.) — the documented CVE-2017-0199 primitive. The URL extension is not a reliable filter; servers can return different payloads to Office's user agent.
  • Encrypted Office package with CFB FAT corruption critical OLE_ENCRYPTED_AND_MALFORMED
    Encrypted-package shape co-occurs with FAT-chain corruption — the documented combined evasion form.
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://uueeewwwweUASDbjasduhuasduyuASHUDHUSADH@1755848835/uueeewwwweUASDbjasduhuasduyuASHUDHUSADHUASDU/jeeeeeeeedffggfeedfffffe.doc