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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de3ffdf32862cb4f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

1.24 MB
MD5: ab8834f395d4aca9c1a396b7fb680ce2 SHA-1: 9c2e5e7c3803315cca19e47ef3cabe0d01e2c490 SHA-256: de3ffdf32862cb4fd8be564c98f3181b0bf91042d38df3dd4c24936ae1e98849
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The OOXML document is encrypted with a default password and contains an Equation Editor OLE object, a known exploit carrier. The 'OLE_EQUATION_OLE10NATIVE_PAYLOAD_ANOMALY' heuristic indicates that this object likely contains a malicious payload. This suggests the file is designed to exploit vulnerabilities within the Equation Editor when opened.

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.