Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1319505fc2472a04…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

1.98 MB
MD5: 25d799f4d1296a6a9c27fe50126fa1c7 SHA-1: 920a4b1d1fa3a93cb8fbb93dbff1c0311864b66e SHA-256: 1319505fc2472a04296b950737f465502e08e41d107679c7870da0ee3c3c8dc7
222 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF document contains embedded OLE objects, specifically identified as a likely Equation Editor exploit (CVE-2017-11882). This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, indicated by the high entropy and size of the decoded OLE object data. The presence of ".objupdate" further suggests an attempt to trigger the OLE object's activation and payload execution.

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Large hex data blocks in OLE object high RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX
    RTF contains ~2066KB of hex-encoded data inside \objdata sections — may hide a payload
  • OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA
    RTF contains 2 \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_off000010f7.bin
bb5575303eb93cd1b3997908afe2dae08dceda2c796d6c518f5fa973860478b7
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x10F7 318042 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.