Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 084a13170d5ff4d1…

MALICIOUS

RTF

5.2 KB First seen: 2020-01-07
MD5: c937ed35542a06ea43ec6c2665facf33 SHA-1: c4fa69944c8cca63fdccd7719458a77a788fda7d SHA-256: 084a13170d5ff4d194b90309cfe586d96f389ee1b6d8719c3cc77ebaf6b7189f
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains OLE object data and triggers heuristics for CVE-2017-8759, indicating it exploits a SOAP Moniker vulnerability. This vulnerability is known to download and execute arbitrary code, likely a second-stage payload. The presence of ".objdata" and ".objupdate" sections further suggests an attempt to activate embedded OLE objects for malicious purposes.

Heuristics 5

  • SOAP Moniker — CVE-2017-8759 (SOAP WSDL RCE) critical CVE related CVE_2017_8759
    RTF \objdata decodes to OLE data containing the SOAP Moniker — CVE-2017-8759 (SOAP WSDL RCE) CLSID — the vulnerable control/moniker is embedded directly in the document's object stream, the delivery shape of this exploit. RTF objects auto-render when Word opens the file.
  • ClamAV: Rtf.Downloader.CVE_2017-6336326-3 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Rtf.Downloader.CVE_2017-6336326-3
  • 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off0000003f.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x3F 2613 bytes
SHA-256: d9839359df58f3f9bc4230601010d633142119f44159ee0fcf724124f2aa5d01