Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 058318daaf139c75…

MALICIOUS

RTF

25.9 KB Authoring application: Riched20 6.3.9600 First seen: 2018-03-24
MD5: 2fba1a99d02c5b8ea49b89e3b8025ac1 SHA-1: b2d17e4e638dd6aec830c85a6027d55ab5cb284c SHA-256: 058318daaf139c75082380812377e9abb793b7b407cb6bc5ccc95985ebc252bc
360 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The RTF file contains embedded OLE objects, specifically triggering the CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability via the Equation Editor. This exploit allows for the execution of arbitrary code, likely to download and run a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection of Js.Trojan.Downloader further supports the malicious intent.

Heuristics 9

  • Equation Editor CLSID critical CVE likely RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    Equation Editor OLE CLSID found inside an OLE object — exploited by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 / CVE-2018-0798
  • CVE-2017-11882 — Equation Editor FONT record overflow critical CVE likely CVE_2017_11882
    Equation Editor MTEF contains an overlong FONT typeface field, the vulnerable copy primitive for CVE-2017-11882. This is stronger evidence than the Equation Editor CLSID alone because it identifies the malformed record that drives code execution in EQNEDT32.EXE.
  • ClamAV: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6584355-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6584355-1
  • \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.
  • Package object class high RTF_OBJCLASS_PACKAGE
    OLE Package object — can wrap arbitrary files
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA
    RTF contains 3 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • OlePres presentation stream in RTF OLE object medium RTF_OLEPRES_STREAM
    RTF contains an embedded OLE object with an OlePres presentation stream. OlePres is an OLE presentation marker and is not enough on its own to identify CVE-2025-21298.

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000000ef.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xEF 4803 bytes
SHA-256: ead7bd5dfe898aad9970516c26fe8d533cce9799cbdaae1039c0558b5cfcb1fb
objdata_01_off000026c4.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x26C4 3980 bytes
SHA-256: f8b3e4c702234672801cbea158ef53ce6812f78494330662f7b874a37be3bbdd
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Static shellcode analysis recovered command string(s): cmd.exe /c%tmp%\dr.exe &��D$,f-Q���%
objdata_02_off0000490a.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x490A 3546 bytes
SHA-256: bbbe7b291834d97ce6b721f48d9070c1b3f3e0448d24f16226743da4c6264bf3
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Static shellcode analysis recovered command string(s): cmd.exe /c%tmp%\dr.exe A C