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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee73668cd5660205…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE) / .XLSX

404.0 KB
MD5: 72a665346fe09bcdd631c362015f1ccc SHA-1: 83d71ff19700372b777ad1d2d6506f42926b6582 SHA-256: ee73668cd5660205b3e1955cbf3bab4e7ee64e18e40ae9690eeb1c7ebdabf449
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The critical heuristic firing indicates exploitation of CVE-2017-0199 via a URL Moniker, which is a known technique for remote code execution. The embedded object points to a URL that likely serves as a remote loader for a second-stage payload. The OOXML document is encrypted with a default password and contains an exploit carrier, further supporting this attack vector.

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
    URL http://rzd.ac/0fFB22F
  • 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.