RTF / .DOC malware analysis — malicious · 51c543c0263c7517

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

3.74 MB First seen: 2022-06-27

MD5: bcde809df6dbaa043ded786306e8bcc7 SHA-1: 943bc6061f7d12cc50ac53ff6d31ca5937753103 SHA-256: 51c543c0263c75179392981819a4fce61c711806dbf1b9fb7d8dd0c737bc706f

382 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious Attachment T1566 Phishing T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell

The file is an RTF document containing an embedded OLE object that exploits the CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability in Microsoft Equation Editor. The large amount of hex-encoded data within the OLE object, along with the presence of a PE header, indicates it is likely a dropper for a second-stage payload. ClamAV detection as Rtf.Dropper.Agent-9965975-1 further supports this assessment.

Heuristics 10

Equation Editor activation — CVE-2017-11882 related high CVE related CVE_2017_11882_ACTIVATION_RELATED

RTF decodes to an Equation.3 ProgID and requests OLE activation with \objemb plus \objupdate. This reaches the legacy Equation Editor attack surface used by CVE-2017-11882/CVE-2018-0802 documents, but the malformed MTEF/native payload needed for stronger attribution was not recovered.
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.
Split hex Equation Editor ProgID + OLE object critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR

RTF embeds the Equation.3 ProgID as hex bytes near OLE object activation and splits the byte stream with whitespace or an ignorable RTF group. This is an Equation Editor OLE activation surface commonly used by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 exploit documents.
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: Rtf.Dropper.Agent-9965975-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Rtf.Dropper.Agent-9965975-1
\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.
Large hex data blocks in OLE object high RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX

RTF contains ~1890KB of hex-encoded data inside \objdata sections — may hide a payload
OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA

RTF contains 2 \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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`objdata_00_off000012b8.bin` `825f1e74208fc5bc1a2df2386a3a4503466333c2233b5cfb7213ece4a2b7ba3b`	rtf-objdata-decoded	RTF \objdata at offset 0x12B8	962859 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.70, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
`objdata_01_off001e2e8a.bin` `ee689f3f3e104d316fdfdcc5da12c6430bbbcc7bd0a9e503676477f2b53390b6`	rtf-objdata-decoded	RTF \objdata at offset 0x1E2E8A	462748 bytes

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