Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c8c2e00ff17a711…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

383.7 KB
MD5: f7d09b7e0f892f51a105014ef42e364b SHA-1: 0733fa756ce44672a81a5a4383794239635a87e9 SHA-256: 4c8c2e00ff17a711b384fd504837894d7d8cf570433fb1b74935e0b6e2fb7d84
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF document contains multiple OLE objects, with specific heuristics indicating the use of ".objupdate" and Composite Monikers, strongly suggesting an attempt to exploit OLE activation mechanisms. One of the extracted embedded artifacts, objdata_00_off000007d1.bin, is flagged as suspicious due to script execution terms. This points to a likely attack pattern involving the execution of malicious code embedded within the OLE objects.

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000007d1.bin
054d278ea70fef9d1ccd3aba486434576264dde5e356db5c2733764d735f33a7
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x7D1 97527 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 shell/COM execution token(s).
objdata_01_off000320d6.bin
ad7bf1923f855fca5949d0c557a2a819b106cd84b204870bcc59064eb0c6e331
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x320D6 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off00033679.bin
44deae4627fee3c44f54d5bd10477ec2e17f4c08135f08e2417832e36d10d037
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x33679 12297 bytes