Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 263ea5c16d29cd1c…

MALICIOUS

RTF

125.4 KB
MD5: f6ea09243aa7780eff6bf8f8581945b1 SHA-1: 6c30972c3c90ff893968c042846043b87d2627ad SHA-256: 263ea5c16d29cd1cf9dec0c96a301e5eb7e6455ced545774e8777d5c047a8022
122 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution

The RTF file contains OLE object data, specifically a decoded Equation Editor payload. This indicates an attempt to exploit a known vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. The heuristic 'RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR' strongly suggests that the embedded object is a malicious executable. The extracted artifact 'objdata_00_off00001742.bin' is likely the dropped payload.

Heuristics 4

  • Decoded Equation Editor payload + PE critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    RTF decodes to an Equation Editor ProgID adjacent to OLE activation and the same decoded object stream contains embedded PE bytes. This matches the Equation Editor exploit surface used by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 documents, while requiring payload evidence to avoid flagging benign Equation references.
  • \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_off00001742.bin
2f2e1af4b35fe3fc187894e0ede30951d113e1d2e6c0a942ca45c03c1e834708
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x1742 61118 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.