Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20347a8a53e7c520…

MALICIOUS

RTF

3.02 MB
MD5: a1f2f3c1c8ee34e79fbc179ee78e2574 SHA-1: c8f109013226d9f48bc1dad110f9cc91b7af8720 SHA-256: 20347a8a53e7c520c0e46c8862cc2538ba2a6a5edc9cc7746914b00992f1d3ca
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF document contains multiple heuristics indicating embedded OLE objects, with specific rules firing for OLE object data, embedding, and forced activation via \objupdate. A large amount of hex-encoded data within these objects suggests a hidden payload. The presence of the Ole10Native stream further supports the likelihood of an embedded executable or script designed to be launched upon opening.

Heuristics 5

  • 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 ~3165KB 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000000c4.bin
7c267436afe5667b0bf41c2354bf1060ebe017da1e08e95fcd08d563ec989cd7
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xC4 1055805 bytes