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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad35da80d2826998…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

1.32 MB
MD5: 342c3ecddf6bb71d4695d41e6f5183bd SHA-1: c0857e86e78817bddb7b6e238cc7214badb0c935 SHA-256: ad35da80d28269988dabec0ff8b32a260bc8e7a7a32ea86dce0b9c8b7989eba7
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is an encrypted Excel spreadsheet that utilizes a default password, a common technique for hiding malicious content. It contains an embedded Equation Editor OLE object, which is frequently used to deliver exploits. The presence of an anomalous Ole10Native stream within the Equation Editor object further suggests it carries a malicious payload. No document body or scripts were extractable, but the structure strongly indicates an exploit delivery mechanism.

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.