Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 346e29f3720f527f…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

460.0 KB First seen: 2021-06-20
MD5: da34cd51aa573a74ef916bae611d4b50 SHA-1: 00b460c37b8d0ac782c0db13ed00d7795c668958 SHA-256: 346e29f3720f527f532d564b78623e6c94346bf0fc42ad7fe90f0182918937c5
320 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1559.001 Component Object Model T1204.002 Malicious File

The RTF document contains multiple OLE objects, with several heuristics indicating automatic linking and update mechanisms designed to trigger execution. The presence of ".objdata" and ".objemb" sections strongly suggests the embedding of executable content. No document body or scripts were extracted, making it impossible to determine the specific lure or payload.

Heuristics 8

  • Composite Moniker — CVE-2017-8570 (drops SCT script) critical CVE related CVE_2017_8570
    RTF \objdata decodes to OLE data containing the Composite Moniker — CVE-2017-8570 (drops SCT script) CLSID — the vulnerable control/moniker is embedded directly in the document's object stream, the delivery shape of this exploit. RTF objects auto-render when Word opens the file.
  • CVE-2017-0199 / CVE-2017-8759 (OLE2Link auto-activated remote loader) critical CVE related RTF_OLE2LINK_REMOTE_MONIKER_LOADER
    RTF embeds an OLE2Link object that is force-activated with \objupdate (no user interaction on open) and fetches a remote second stage — through an INCLUDETEXT/INCLUDEPICTURE field or the OLE object's own moniker. This is the OLE2Link auto-update attack path shared by CVE-2017-0199 (server returns an HTA/scriptlet) and CVE-2017-8759 (server returns a SOAP WSDL the .NET parser compiles). Office processes the fetched response through the same code path; the specific CVE depends on the now-unreachable server content type.
  • 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.
  • Automatically linked OLE object high RTF_OBJAUTLINK
    RTF contains \objautlink — an automatically linked OLE object surface that can be updated or activated when Word opens the document.
  • \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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high 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.
  • OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA
    RTF contains 4 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
🗂 Part of campaign: shared payload 3cd3b7d42e 51 samples

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000007da.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x7DA 121670 bytes
SHA-256: 99eb372baf256e65e94da5509e4d20a0abad8a370549ac4ca11d7cd9f2c15dc0
objdata_01_off00006f89.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x6F89 121643 bytes
SHA-256: b0d1542dfae89a9ce08c94f646e1231e62a7b7e8ec569d387464e0c7aae8acb5
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Static shellcode analysis recovered command string(s): WScript.Shell"")")
objdata_02_off00044c84.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x44C84 2632 bytes
SHA-256: 32e8e449cdc043249ce37c79c9eaf2af80a02cb8175718a8a0ce726d961b7d16
objdata_03_off00046227.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x46227 12297 bytes
SHA-256: e8d4fe950caed6dcfde26f4b616825bbe11b93458425974b7d075167f675abf7