Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 275e1e4ec6db7cfa…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

634.2 KB
MD5: 73c142652fecd5c75b449de09f2e65d4 SHA-1: f1039be2cff5fd0c842039fe05271a9a5c7c318c SHA-256: 275e1e4ec6db7cfa0e893baedacfe37903a5133a0cd41d1551f86d51416465f4
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is an RTF document containing an embedded OLE object that leverages the Equation Editor vulnerability (RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR). The RTF_OBJUPDATE heuristic indicates that the object is designed to be activated automatically, triggering the exploit. The extracted artifact, objdata_00_off0000134b.bin, is likely the payload or a component thereof. The attack pattern suggests a malicious document designed to exploit a known vulnerability for initial 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_off0000134b.bin
13d3f471fd1bd4111b3b8cc188d27edb8361d5ae06ff10a7f1e213ad0084a03d
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x134B 129089 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.97, consistent with packed or encrypted content.