Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 141fe8ed9b91ccfc…

MALICIOUS

RTF

8.7 KB First seen: 2017-12-24
MD5: d380038266b4e756a8ce7561defaeed3 SHA-1: 7cb57b059b1ba434cff24160a2f668d4cfbd59a6 SHA-256: 141fe8ed9b91ccfc035625994f066e701b4617372c48bf66cca4603cf3b6fd75
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains OLE object data with automatic linking and update triggers, indicating an attempt to execute embedded content. The presence of a URL Moniker strongly suggests that the OLE object is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload from a remote location. This technique is commonly used to deliver malware via email attachments.

Heuristics 4

  • URL Moniker in RTF OLE object high CVE related RTF_URL_MONIKER_RELATED
    RTF contains a URL Moniker GUID in OLE object context, but no decoded remote target was confirmed. Treat as related OLE2Link attack-surface evidence rather than proof of CVE-2017-0199 exploitation.
  • 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 4298 bytes
SHA-256: f3b61880fed7a02bf9ad3e026648584a6a696819592593f8ef63fe42c2666200