Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 190a90d648e64c0f…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

229.3 KB
MD5: 5dda83e206429216662517f5f4ba7718 SHA-1: abbd782fa3cd388e66e7739b65abddfcaf0071fc SHA-256: 190a90d648e64c0f6c80a36bf00c5f2fdb8247260f5f38dfc13895b28f1c7fc2
240 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF document contains OLE object data and specifically triggers heuristics related to CVE-2017-8570, which is known to drop SCT scripts. The document body explicitly instructs the user to 'download the document and click Enable Editing', indicating a lure to bypass security measures. This suggests the file is designed to exploit this vulnerability to execute a secondary payload, likely a script.

Heuristics 7

  • Composite Moniker — CVE-2017-8570 (drops SCT script) critical CVE related CVE_2017_8570
    RTF \objdata decodes to OLE data containing the Composite Moniker — CVE-2017-8570 (drops SCT script) CLSID — the vulnerable control/moniker is embedded directly in the document's object stream, the delivery shape of this exploit. RTF objects auto-render when Word opens the file.
  • Composite Moniker in RTF OLE object high CVE related RTF_COMPOSITE_MONIKER_RELATED
    RTF contains Composite Moniker CLSID in OLE object context, but no nearby scriptlet/SCT payload was confirmed. Treat as related moniker attack-surface evidence rather than proof of CVE-2017-8570 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 3 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000965.bin
7ff502c4439728d4b6fc993f12d7a324c83872cfd180e794110001e60079c5c8
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x965 20626 bytes
objdata_01_off0000b19c.bin
18cff8ef194415d33763880bf64011d23305e4b9143b76244b89e1c53b70a0d5
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xB19C 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off0000c73f.bin
44deae4627fee3c44f54d5bd10477ec2e17f4c08135f08e2417832e36d10d037
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xC73F 12297 bytes