MALICIOUS
220
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
The RTF file contains multiple OLE objects and ".objupdate" directives, indicating it is designed to exploit vulnerabilities. Specifically, the "CVE_2017_8570" heuristic firing confirms the use of a Composite Moniker to drop an SCT script, which is a known technique for executing arbitrary code. The embedded OLE object data, particularly at offset 0xB5D2, is the likely source of this exploit.
Heuristics 6
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Composite Moniker — CVE-2017-8570 (drops SCT script) critical CVE_2017_8570RTF \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.
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Composite Moniker in RTF OLE object high RTF_COMPOSITE_MONIKER_RELATEDRTF 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.
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\objupdate forces OLE activation high RTF_OBJUPDATERTF contains \objupdate — forces automatic OLE object instantiation when the document is opened, bypassing user interaction. Almost exclusively seen in Equation Editor exploit documents.
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Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATARTF contains 5 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
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Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMBRTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
Extracted artifacts 5
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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objdata_00_off00000025.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x25 | 305602 bytes |
SHA-256: 5212a545804bec331fbfeedd8f2dcf7a5cae6288962feaa24bbfd94d9b9a3962 |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
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objdata_01_off0009e416.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x9E416 | 1056 bytes |
SHA-256: 38e0a590df7eaa9868af736886281809be3c0fe6a6a6ea4e0327baa813cb5642 |
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objdata_02_off0009ec92.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x9EC92 | 429 bytes |
SHA-256: c861ab3ab7d28ef7b028a69afbbfc89c1f5c98f0be9f15b26f0565b7d5605703 |
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objdata_03_off0009f028.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x9F028 | 1351 bytes |
SHA-256: fbfe6031f946bf25c25f9783662a0516de4f34007dcfe7ff53f2b540dbc1df3f |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Static shellcode analysis recovered command string(s): cscript //nologo %vbs%
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objdata_04_off0009fb34.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x9FB34 | 2633 bytes |
SHA-256: 1f8de175e345e5b9624b8bb5f76e9d4c1d78de3a7bbc2750e8ea7def36f04cfb |
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