Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1234892874714a8c…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

1.66 MB First seen: 2023-07-31
MD5: 6f1bfd8af0eb1eb74b8bb6fb8a6c46ba SHA-1: a185d240a7d5fec840780703d0d3045cf3d35563 SHA-256: 1234892874714a8caf6af5807ad237e0027ab75045f0e7b82741e00f8d7b5540
122 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The RTF file contains a large OLE object with excessive hex-encoded data, strongly suggesting it is used to hide a malicious payload. The presence of RTF_OBJDATA, RTF_OBJEMB, and RTF_OBJUPDATE heuristics further indicates the object is intended for activation and execution. The extracted artifact 'objdata_00_off00000092.bin' is likely the hidden payload.

Heuristics 5

  • \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.
  • Large hex data blocks in OLE object high RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX
    RTF contains ~1738KB of hex-encoded data inside \objdata sections — may hide a payload
  • 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
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000092.bin
04f86fde1fc9a9cbec2cb65d9040de24f338c07555fa80d05cf7dde75687291e
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x92 869402 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.