Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3342286be6613a7d…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

858.6 KB
MD5: da904c29c09022cefaba934bca826e74 SHA-1: 0808dde97899651b4384ba2d393c697269cf74f2 SHA-256: 3342286be6613a7d6f98b02d3e646898aa2e7bc9b87e2bff2966796b6dc7a9b5
129 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious Code

The sample is an RTF document containing an embedded OLE object, specifically targeting the Equation Editor vulnerability (RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR). The ".objupdate" heuristic indicates that the embedded object is designed to be activated automatically, likely to trigger the exploit. The extracted artifact "objdata_00_off0000173a.bin" is suspicious and likely contains the exploit code or a secondary payload. The overall attack pattern suggests a phishing lure designed to exploit this 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_off0000173a.bin
bdff69cc7eb44021a757da5b7bbec4a2889b09784b66bd8571e37f5f95c2ec7e
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x173A 349245 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.