Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2419458469e1ae27…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

348.5 KB
MD5: a10d71363c2df6bc7c19085d3872a9d5 SHA-1: a02165a5f895aa71c615409fd93ba5f7ebedf432 SHA-256: 2419458469e1ae27343e570f01145bd5f20541062505f29cca7654f66f04c043
129 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious File T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The RTF document contains an embedded OLE object that leverages the Equation Editor vulnerability (RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR). The ".objupdate" directive suggests that the embedded object is designed to be activated automatically, triggering the exploit. The extracted artifact "objdata_00_off00000749.bin" is likely the payload or a component thereof. The attack pattern is consistent with a spearphishing attachment designed to exploit this vulnerability for initial code execution.

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_off00000749.bin
1225cf41c852271c02e45d8cbfe0b20964eb2a0ccd1e79b25260951b501af916
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x749 64565 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.92, consistent with packed or encrypted content.