Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fdd4c1728bc0eb7…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

74.3 KB
MD5: 5d1ea235dfff9e70177555ca71a36b46 SHA-1: 40084266a430cde7cc21449aa9c10a2777b14f8d SHA-256: 0fdd4c1728bc0eb79803a4d67c2b30102ab749679ae9d01e92f9bc7eace2a137
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is an RTF document that contains an embedded OLE object. Heuristics indicate a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Equation Editor (CVE-2017-11882) was likely exploited. This exploit typically downloads and executes a second-stage payload, suggesting a malicious document designed for initial compromise.

Heuristics 5

  • Equation Editor Ole10Native payload — CVE-2017-11882 likely critical CVE likely CVE_2017_11882_EQUATION_OLE10NATIVE
    RTF decodes to an activated Microsoft Equation 3.0 OLE storage whose payload is a high-entropy Ole10Native stream rather than normal Equation Native/MTEF data. This is a weaponized Equation Editor RCE delivery shape consistent with CVE-2017-11882/CVE-2018-0802.
  • Ole10Native stream in RTF OLE object high CVE related RTF_OLE10NATIVE_STREAM
    RTF contains an embedded OLE object with an Ole10Native stream. This is a strong payload-container signal and is related to Word/OLE exploit delivery, but it is not specific enough on its own to assign a CVE.
  • \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 OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000eab.bin
09417c01fa3b9a39a4968f09994a9b74e0d30e779e8a8255b934fc4adc883884
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xEAB 4174 bytes