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

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48b5891b05052332…

MALICIOUS

RTF

495.4 KB Created: 2018-06-07 12:56:00 First seen: 2018-07-04
MD5: 453fed613f8bd49395a7ad5b74072dd5 SHA-1: 88682ef6b95d49351b58472008b43557308a2642 SHA-256: 48b5891b05052332210200faae5fbc72cd4e9b38ba30d71136868b1016a792a2
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_off00003d14.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x3D14 32827 bytes
SHA-256: 6cfb2019493cb8e6729117d0ab3de8ac2f9464de00725066f8dc60b8eebae714
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
objdata_02_off0002eede.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x2EEDE 32827 bytes
SHA-256: b0fabfb54eeac2b2ae9db299c13a0b9a66a1cb94cc474bb0c4f4b84c845ed842
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely