Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3db6a9d007ae8c9d…

MALICIOUS

RTF

220.6 KB First seen: 2022-03-31
MD5: e011fa872344ae0cdb1fb74521cba9ad SHA-1: a553ac43f94d767c3ca37bbc1d88ee208eae6705 SHA-256: 3db6a9d007ae8c9d6c980ae2231c92c572eb4569c2613b8f4cbf549c87236fa9
123 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains multiple embedded OLE objects, with specific heuristics indicating the use of ".objupdate" and Composite Monikers. These techniques are commonly used to trigger the execution of malicious code embedded within the OLE objects when the document is opened. The file's structure strongly suggests an exploit delivery mechanism targeting OLE object activation.

Heuristics 4

  • 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

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000007d0.bin
70696266b4890f57828249e766013d755943daf359fea92e4f46b3ed68fa7a8f
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x7D0 17235 bytes
objdata_01_off00009476.bin
d96306b20df67b297ae373555600b5ea693bd0b69df05a560b4d2ebff69ae93d
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x9476 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off0000aa19.bin
44deae4627fee3c44f54d5bd10477ec2e17f4c08135f08e2417832e36d10d037
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xAA19 12297 bytes