Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2cfbeb30a584e02a…

MALICIOUS

RTF

517.8 KB First seen: 2018-09-04
MD5: ce6941ca57fad5393f601d09863c98ee SHA-1: e3f2499e8187de21b307a4a77e5a2f33e2c53ec4 SHA-256: 2cfbeb30a584e02af98b030097dc5a23b9f8bf4d34a218e2ae687bd8bb0bd3d0
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The RTF file contains embedded OLE objects, indicated by the RTF_OBJDATA and RTF_OLE10NATIVE_STREAM heuristics. The RTF_OBJUPDATE heuristic suggests that these objects are designed to be activated automatically, which is a common technique for executing embedded exploits or scripts. While no specific script content was extracted, the presence of OLE objects strongly implies an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or deliver a secondary payload, aligning with spearphishing attachment tactics.

Heuristics 3

  • Ole10Native stream in RTF OLE object high CVE related RTF_OLE10NATIVE_STREAM
    RTF contains an embedded OLE object with an Ole10Native stream. This is a strong payload-container signal and is related to Word/OLE exploit delivery, but it is not specific enough on its own to assign a CVE.
  • \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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00001d3a.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x1D3A 4148 bytes
SHA-256: 8e688e2f6077222b9405451671afff54b714f393c788bb26f5c2d9f93de982f9