Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f0e19351a8456e5…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

233.5 KB First seen: 2022-06-24
MD5: 981f857f2f178f385ae54de31eb10adb SHA-1: d07c5ea9475461b8697ecdcfea3a24e60cde3712 SHA-256: 4f0e19351a8456e5fc935bc02933e6793702775099e4db691a265860fe190dc1
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File T1559.002 Component Object Model Hijacking

The RTF document contains embedded OLE objects, with specific heuristics indicating the exploitation of CVE-2017-8570. This vulnerability is known to drop a script, and the document body contains a common lure to 'Enable Editing'. The embedded objdata artifacts are likely related to the exploit payload.

Heuristics 7

  • Composite Moniker — CVE-2017-8570 (drops SCT script) critical CVE related CVE_2017_8570
    RTF \objdata decodes to OLE data containing the Composite Moniker — CVE-2017-8570 (drops SCT script) CLSID — the vulnerable control/moniker is embedded directly in the document's object stream, the delivery shape of this exploit. RTF objects auto-render when Word opens the file.
  • 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
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
  • 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_off00000ba4.bin
0155cfc58e618767994bc09d9ad721c0f0348aa36ce7e6f44bec4f5bfb399482
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xBA4 23112 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 shell/COM execution token(s).
objdata_01_off0000c80a.bin
625ba87dad062d63542a2f08013c93a4f9eac2363a88c9240f1688e698b82c02
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xC80A 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off0000ddad.bin
142dc43284d9abe994719f8fb67bc4c04bfc3f07528a1a66b0bad7e552ee8e78
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xDDAD 12297 bytes