Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38ad7c6561e21816…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

212.1 KB
MD5: 79aea033613048c39d1611d697ba4eab SHA-1: 50c56cc2605977718fb6682b93e6a5b6a7dac899 SHA-256: 38ad7c6561e218160a0563cd037e4b55540f43d759e79183c189d223cc9fcde3
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF document contains multiple OLE objects, with specific heuristics indicating the use of ".objdata" sections and a Composite Moniker. The "\objupdate" directive suggests that these objects are designed to be activated automatically upon opening the document, likely to exploit a vulnerability and execute embedded code. No document body text or scripts were extracted, limiting further analysis of the specific payload.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • \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 3 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • OlePres presentation stream in RTF OLE object medium RTF_OLEPRES_STREAM
    RTF contains an embedded OLE object with an OlePres presentation stream. OlePres is an OLE presentation marker and is not enough on its own to identify CVE-2025-21298.

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000800.bin
ca88c95aafcbe05e35b1766d6cfcf153621762ad70d50222f2788376ce11418c
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x800 12901 bytes
objdata_01_off00006d42.bin
efcad781cab3d633c5a53c0b86b2c30761dd037463d8eb36ded19f59f1126d89
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x6D42 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off000082dd.bin
cfdf79b95584afe599f8bd01e391d8904839d9495e407a353433d3f5e3be3602
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x82DD 12261 bytes