Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54accdc2c15133dd…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

829.6 KB
MD5: e9e267a273c45310ed5449c21a656a89 SHA-1: d96fb81d283cbc53a4855915f0ab5bf67b2146ab SHA-256: 54accdc2c15133ddabb1dd67159f363044ec299963688259f2947ef9b8160093
122 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The RTF file contains embedded OLE object data, specifically triggering the Equation Editor vulnerability. This indicates the file is designed to exploit a known flaw to execute arbitrary code upon opening. The presence of decoded Equation Editor payload and PE confirms the exploit attempt.

Heuristics 4

  • Decoded Equation Editor payload + PE critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    RTF decodes to an Equation Editor ProgID adjacent to OLE activation and the same decoded object stream contains embedded PE bytes. This matches the Equation Editor exploit surface used by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 documents, while requiring payload evidence to avoid flagging benign Equation references.
  • \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 1 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000067.bin
518c5e693bb3b34693c750037f4f27cdd2e72876759299f467ffe8aca5cd4cd7
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x67 424614 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.