Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 216bca29b24592d5…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

15.1 KB First seen: 2022-10-28
MD5: 49b3d1037c136b42c6495c99643efdf2 SHA-1: ed0e990d89aa7ed0fdf9d0a54aa42e94dad553e1 SHA-256: 216bca29b24592d5bd9bc190cbd8a31bdfa7b21535e3c9a6f15495d7af5246bd
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is an RTF document that exploits the CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability in the Equation Editor. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution by exploiting a font record overflow. The presence of OLE object data and automatic linking further indicates an attempt to embed and activate malicious content. The exact payload or subsequent actions are not detailed in the provided evidence, but the exploit itself is the primary indicator of malicious intent.

Heuristics 5

  • CVE-2017-11882 — Equation Editor FONT record overflow critical CVE likely CVE_2017_11882
    Equation Editor MTEF contains an overlong FONT typeface field, the vulnerable copy primitive for CVE-2017-11882. This is stronger evidence than the Equation Editor CLSID alone because it identifies the malformed record that drives code execution in EQNEDT32.EXE.
  • 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
  • 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_off000017db.bin
e959262b0b3f3be9918aae31e6eef776376cffa5a14154801986ebcd9f792abc
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x17DB 4657 bytes