Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29d4d689aaa999a1…

MALICIOUS

RTF

91.3 KB First seen: 2023-03-03
MD5: f14bc690e1ab9a317a87774417728ace SHA-1: a76b029e6b55f41b671400a7739f127b34f94bba SHA-256: 29d4d689aaa999a1dacce1cf23471b806ccab7e64d26db330fe655680b7efc56
80 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 User Execution: Malicious Link T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The RTF file contains an OLE object and an \objupdate directive, indicating an attempt to activate embedded content. The heuristic SE_ENABLE_LURE confirms that the document instructs the user to enable editing, a common social engineering tactic to bypass security measures. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of OLE objects and the lure suggest the file is designed to execute embedded malicious code upon user interaction.

Heuristics 3

  • \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
  • 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00005a12.bin
337d6b41861c5d54c10ccd0381a6c8bd09c627ff62ce9f75d02e395fbe5f0365
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x5A12 4686 bytes