Bifrost — RTF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45c9d52f2d1aa647…

MALICIOUS

RTF

356.6 KB Authoring application: Msftedit 5.41.15.1507
MD5: 793cf224034dae76e2b44c7957e07e18 SHA-1: 7decedfb5bd7502947658d8f846aa08e23eb34f1 SHA-256: 45c9d52f2d1aa647200268fe31bde7b80bbafa83c0c4636c58d76c73b7496fb2
202 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Bifrost · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The RTF file contains an embedded OLE object which is identified as a PE executable. ClamAV signatures indicate this executable is 'Win.Dropper.Bifrost-9992400-0'. The presence of RTF object data and an embedded PE file strongly suggests a malicious dropper is present. The extracted executable is the primary IOC.

Heuristics 6

  • PE header (with DOS stub) in hex data critical RTF_MZ_HEX
    Hex-encoded PE (MZ + DOS stub) found inside RTF — likely an embedded executable payload
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • Package object class high RTF_OBJCLASS_PACKAGE
    OLE Package object — can wrap arbitrary files
  • OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA
    RTF contains 1 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000000f6.bin
a1630e18c5f5a4b9c2689eb837157064fab798f22d2b5a9c4da5fe0df61dc479
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xF6 177902 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.92, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
embedded_rtf_000068ff.exe
f60107b8a8198288d653b7c74577c4728d42f96a7bf8972a6bf9aaf597e089e3
embedded-pe RTF hex-encoded MZ at offset 0x68FF 164925 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Dropper.Bifrost-9992400-0
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.98, consistent with packed or encrypted content.