Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0 — RTF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ff73c04659bbe32…

MALICIOUS

RTF

495.5 KB Created: 2018-06-07 13:08:00 First seen: 2019-08-04
MD5: fc0dcb8f0f0c1adf494aa53ca98f2ece SHA-1: 4628803dd29250c24a6a4135b9425c082e8be531 SHA-256: 3ff73c04659bbe32ee28e3c880da3731cd0cc1f2fc1d466cbd2f9a00f06ceb24
242 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The RTF file contains multiple OLE objects, with heuristics indicating ".objupdate" forces OLE activation and the presence of Composite Monikers. ClamAV signatures identify the embedded content as Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0, suggesting an exploit targeting spreadsheet functionality. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, with the embedded OLE object serving as the malicious payload.

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0
  • \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 5 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml In RTF body

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00003d28.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x3D28 32827 bytes
SHA-256: dc841d6ff4ec7ec7c0a2e4e5e18ee0b796f0b8a4bb582a67fc4e23ef194bbf5e
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
objdata_02_off0002ef00.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x2EF00 32827 bytes
SHA-256: 42d797c22c315ef0caefdc5c08f5c1991777ce2d1c14df9c41b31650a8a80d8e
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely