Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27ba5f822b65845b…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

212.4 KB
MD5: 7c00754eab6039e61eb72168ecc77f45 SHA-1: 75cede7e7c04c8d60e146e7ba432ecf4b9546144 SHA-256: 27ba5f822b65845be81211412731aa8fa191e3550f583e5290745a17b0415ff6
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 User Execution: Malicious Link T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1059.005 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic

The RTF document contains multiple OLE objects and uses a common lure to trick users into enabling editing, which likely triggers the embedded objects. The heuristics indicate that the OLE objects are activated via \objupdate and composite monikers, suggesting an attempt to execute embedded code or launch external resources. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of OLE objects and the lure strongly suggest a malicious intent to execute arbitrary code upon user interaction.

Heuristics 7

  • Composite Moniker in RTF OLE object high CVE related RTF_COMPOSITE_MONIKER_RELATED
    RTF contains Composite Moniker CLSID in OLE object context, but no nearby scriptlet/SCT payload was confirmed. Treat as related moniker attack-surface evidence rather than proof of CVE-2017-8570 exploitation.
  • \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 3 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • OlePres presentation stream in RTF OLE object medium RTF_OLEPRES_STREAM
    RTF contains an embedded OLE object with an OlePres presentation stream. OlePres is an OLE presentation marker and is not enough on its own to identify CVE-2025-21298.
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000bd1.bin
8523aae02a7a1617236b5aa272c20d118b617240dcf6e57a63505a8724040317
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xBD1 12592 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 shell/COM execution token(s).
objdata_01_off00006ea2.bin
efcad781cab3d633c5a53c0b86b2c30761dd037463d8eb36ded19f59f1126d89
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x6EA2 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off0000843d.bin
cfdf79b95584afe599f8bd01e391d8904839d9495e407a353433d3f5e3be3602
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x843D 12261 bytes