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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b224f2409381b02e…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

186.0 KB
MD5: 8601e9fbd0710b734aaa95ba56ebf397 SHA-1: d5fefeba0606f92a7223bbe51091132404670daa SHA-256: b224f2409381b02e0f465d688fba51a84efc05092c484fc5521b6b2ac8698aa9
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The sample is an encrypted OOXML file identified as an exploit carrier. It contains an Equation Editor OLE object, a known vector for exploiting vulnerabilities in older Microsoft Office versions. The file also exhibits CFB FAT corruption, suggesting a malformed or intentionally damaged structure to evade detection or facilitate exploitation.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.