Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 597a9275c3d15c81…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

536.4 KB
MD5: cfbf0bb5595dddbd9e2d4b1bdef25762 SHA-1: 9a70e46aa5bed70fa3a9a86bae0c9d4f372b8334 SHA-256: 597a9275c3d15c813a7c62ec5d8bd5cd68eb3a1e7ab1f06b85e7d1f262610ccd
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.005 Visual Basic

The RTF document contains multiple OLE objects, including automatically linked and updated objects, which are designed to activate embedded content. The 'SE_ENABLE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to enable macros or editing, a common lure for malware droppers. The embedded OLE objects are the primary mechanism for delivering a secondary payload, though the specific nature of that payload cannot be determined from the provided evidence.

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.
  • Automatically linked OLE object high RTF_OBJAUTLINK
    RTF contains \objautlink — an automatically linked OLE object surface that can be updated or activated when Word opens the document.
  • \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

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000bb0.bin
4045376527844a3be405c64d307300758db9fe9c3f8ec1279701946cdc662d1e
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xBB0 171558 bytes
objdata_01_off00057e39.bin
9d9bc825f2fa5e0ed8db7dce6823e199ad9c775873472d42887214589f205470
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x57E39 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off000593dc.bin
44deae4627fee3c44f54d5bd10477ec2e17f4c08135f08e2417832e36d10d037
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x593DC 12297 bytes