Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29ec575f001dedae…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

1.52 MB First seen: 2023-08-17
MD5: fcb8004befa756bcc7f3511e2ee95709 SHA-1: 8d56b38e5f2b5c1aa9d6097054b46f693cf80edd SHA-256: 29ec575f001dedae67c819986ca1f7a268041ca002b22d45e4b9cf545058a244
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains a large amount of hex-encoded data within an OLE object, indicated by the RTF_OBJDATA and RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX heuristics. The RTF_OBJUPDATE heuristic suggests that this OLE object is designed to be activated, likely to execute a hidden payload. The extracted artifact 'objdata_00_off0000008e.bin' is the most prominent IOC.

Heuristics 4

  • \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.
  • Large hex data blocks in OLE object high RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX
    RTF contains ~1598KB of hex-encoded data inside \objdata sections — may hide a payload
  • 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_off0000008e.bin
76e6be1b2ef903003cf32ca01701d5b0c6fc3691b4abbaf035017a3b9c38503c
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x8E 799382 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.