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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e00e2ca502fa1ee8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

385.0 KB
MD5: 9fd454a20e5e06910559ef8d60dfd131 SHA-1: b21c207ceb2aaa8aaf74fa803cf3ce54aeb132b8 SHA-256: e00e2ca502fa1ee803a4258fbbca0247aa281983e045d583ce10e41af51ab318
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is an encrypted OOXML document, identified as a high-risk exploit carrier. The presence of an Equation Editor OLE object is a strong indicator of exploitation. The encryption with a default password further suggests an attempt to obscure malicious content. While no specific payload or delivery URL is directly visible, the combination of these factors points to a malicious document designed to exploit a vulnerability.

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • 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.