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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d42039bfa525a531…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLS

113.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Excel
MD5: 72de93cf1433163f6650cfa0e82e9a33 SHA-1: c16da49fd8add53f9c8359fea0d3fbd8abaeb9ce SHA-256: d42039bfa525a531875d0af71152f2d9ab9965c2ea3c8fdbc5b946f63189f423
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious File

The critical heuristic firing indicates exploitation of CVE-2017-0199 via an OLE2Link object. This vulnerability is used to download and execute a remote payload from the URL 'https://link.emcdn.ru/ffLfUO'. The file is an Excel spreadsheet, and the exploitation likely relies on the user opening the document and interacting with the malicious link.

Heuristics 1

  • OLE2Link / URL Moniker → remote loader — CVE-2017-0199 critical CVE likely CVE_2017_0199
    Document contains an embedded OLE link object whose URL Moniker points to a remote URL. When the host file is opened, Office follows the link, downloads the URL, and processes the response based on its Content-Type (HTA -> mshta.exe, RTF → Word, etc.) — the documented CVE-2017-0199 primitive. The URL extension is not a reliable filter; servers can return different payloads to Office's user agent.