Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01cce017d1b8f1a0…

MALICIOUS

RTF

5.6 KB First seen: 2017-11-13
MD5: 84e3d4a80841a8de4f22925a87c241a2 SHA-1: ce853690757049ae84a8a1cff6de18ccc19e5af3 SHA-256: 01cce017d1b8f1a0ed3a1eb276f34ee1a1e4da288a9bba4f0d4632961b912315
222 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The RTF file contains an OLE object that is automatically linked and updated, exploiting CVE-2017-0199. This exploit is designed to download and execute a payload from the embedded URL http://104.243.35.43/~t1/2_net/3/nnaa.hta, which is highly suspicious. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Heuristics 6

  • CVE-2017-0199 (OLE2Link / weaponized URL) critical CVE exact CVE_2017_0199_WEAPONIZED_URL
    RTF contains a URL Moniker OLE link to a script/HTA/template-style remote loader, matching the tighter static CVE-2017-0199 shape.
  • ClamAV: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_0199-6335035-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_0199-6335035-0
  • Automatically linked OLE object high RTF_OBJAUTLINK
    RTF contains \objautlink — an automatically linked OLE object surface that can be updated or activated when Word opens the document.
  • \objupdate forces OLE activation high RTF_OBJUPDATE
    RTF contains \objupdate — forces automatic OLE object instantiation when the document is opened, bypassing user interaction. Almost exclusively seen in Equation Editor exploit documents.
  • OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA
    RTF contains 1 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://104.243.35.43/~t1/2_net/3/nnaa.hta In RTF body
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordmlIn RTF body

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000001ab.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x1AB 2601 bytes
SHA-256: 3fac654bf172c26b7caefabdfc97b1a91e272453272d7d01d5f5d8d6d6fa2545