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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b28ce55d6161627…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

992.5 KB
MD5: a2597261035eb27e09ed267f4f5147de SHA-1: 7cb2cb21598a2c909903d26bb8583a7ca31e170d SHA-256: 9b28ce55d61616271f1796f3eee9b0b32be89f7c5b818de1edd6549a29868467
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 Malicious Link

The file is an OOXML document that is encrypted with a default password and contains an Equation Editor OLE object. This object is known to be used as an exploit carrier for vulnerabilities in Equation Editor, likely leading to the execution of a secondary payload. No specific family could be identified, and no direct IOCs were extracted.

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.
  • Equation Editor object carries payload-like Ole10Native stream high OLE_EQUATION_OLE10NATIVE_PAYLOAD_ANOMALY
    Default-encrypted OOXML embedded OLE object declares the Equation Editor CLSID but stores a large high-entropy Ole10Native stream with malformed package sizing. This is exploit-shaped Equation/OLE payload evidence.
  • 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.