Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26fd96b69cef89ca…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

4.3 KB
MD5: 46c7249ad41dd940cf6534bb1a3a3295 SHA-1: 36ba4d8d762627b3481a2879e33a6fb8e279f9ab SHA-256: 26fd96b69cef89cae30544b46147ec088128d4189bc78c3ce35198832bbf8ce6
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is an RTF document containing embedded OLE objects, specifically triggering critical heuristics related to Equation Editor exploitation. The presence of \objdata and \objupdate commands indicates an attempt to force OLE object activation, likely leading to the execution of a malicious payload via a known Equation Editor vulnerability. No document body text or scripts were extracted, but the heuristics strongly suggest a classic exploit document.

Heuristics 3

  • Split hex Equation Editor ProgID + OLE object critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    RTF embeds the Equation.3 ProgID as hex bytes near OLE object activation and splits the byte stream with whitespace or an ignorable RTF group. This is an Equation Editor OLE activation surface commonly used by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 exploit documents.
  • \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 2 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000000c4.bin
428d29a29ec874e7ddd4b7e76c486c31fc0152ae8de1b0f00d92cb4bc6c135aa
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xC4 1940 bytes