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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b24b9b917e98080f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

228.9 KB
MD5: fcbab6886b4d111521b97fe48d642fe4 SHA-1: cfcea1951c71b333bf2e962811ce0dbf8a6674bc SHA-256: b24b9b917e98080f8647babd856118faf1bdb7834c085776d7486c15698011e1
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious Attachment T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking: Component Object Model

The sample is an encrypted Excel file that leverages an embedded Equation Editor OLE object. This is a known technique for delivering exploits, specifically identified as anomalous Equation Editor native stream data indicative of CVE-2018-0798. The encryption and malformed structure further suggest malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, and the document body is inaccessible due to encryption.

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • CVE-2018-0798 — anomalous Equation Editor native stream high CVE likely CVE_2018_0798_EQUATION_NATIVE_ANOMALY
    Default-encrypted OOXML contains embedded Equation Editor data with anomalous native stream bytes consistent with a CVE-2018-0798-style exploit. This is treated as likely CVE evidence because the Equation object is malformed and payload-like.
  • 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.

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