Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0de2f284a77638d2…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

89.0 KB
MD5: 77fb32d0c8cc6c299841f77c83f272e6 SHA-1: fa07350c287fccbfd5d6f2d5dfa91a523cecdd6e SHA-256: 0de2f284a77638d22b53e61db1c59788a8cdbacc59c62dc766ad90ab09574050
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains embedded OLE object data and specifically triggers heuristics for Equation Editor exploitation and OLE object activation. This indicates the file is designed to exploit a vulnerability, likely CVE-2017-11882, to achieve code execution. The embedded OLE object, 'objdata_00_off000011e2.bin', is the payload that facilitates this execution, suggesting a downloader or initial access mechanism.

Heuristics 3

  • Split hex Equation Editor ProgID + OLE object critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    RTF embeds the Equation.3 ProgID as hex bytes near OLE object activation and splits the byte stream with whitespace or an ignorable RTF group. This is an Equation Editor OLE activation surface commonly used by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 exploit documents.
  • \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_off000011e2.bin
739579b06a735d2a8fbfaf4b2d0d9bc614dbc0d92ee2f89b52ef75fac3cb40c4
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x11E2 1642 bytes