Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 215d61fcaeb0c8b7…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

637.0 KB
MD5: b3f497c8318da34f8a184968b5570b8f SHA-1: 0d0f9724e6f928e935d6794a103f82fb0ec478dd SHA-256: 215d61fcaeb0c8b7382a347efc2814ed588dfa6e2b736634bb242ef2a4ecf26d
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The RTF file contains an embedded OLE object that leverages the Equation Editor vulnerability (RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR). The RTF_OBJUPDATE heuristic indicates that this object is designed to be activated automatically, leading to the execution of embedded code. The extracted objdata artifact suggests a secondary payload was likely dropped. Without further analysis of the dropped artifact or script content, the specific family and full execution chain remain unknown.

Heuristics 4

  • Equation Editor CLSID critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    Equation Editor OLE CLSID found inside an OLE object — exploited by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 / CVE-2018-0798
  • \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
  • 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_off00001f1a.bin
15f30be0f925563de07aead879e3e1457e3e6613978c569186eb4533a875576d
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x1F1A 129076 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.97, consistent with packed or encrypted content.