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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abce0ea2750c27a3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

1.25 MB
MD5: 351d96e9ca8eb437a9798ff51b56193e SHA-1: 0e20b1d17a6997e46cbb948f70b14df6121b132e SHA-256: abce0ea2750c27a38060bfc389b2587c2c644c78362e700434b6243d0bf9e718
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The OOXML document is encrypted with a default password and contains an embedded Equation Editor OLE object, which is a known exploit carrier. The 'OLE_EQUATION_EDITOR' and 'OLE_EQUATION_OLE10NATIVE_PAYLOAD_ANOMALY' heuristics indicate that this object likely contains and attempts to execute a malicious payload. The anomaly in the Ole10Native stream size suggests a potential buffer overflow or shellcode execution.

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.