Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59db3342761fb779…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

903.9 KB
MD5: 9c34048d76e03846432e8a92837b5411 SHA-1: dadccfed2eecebb89f4e971ecf6b774a5d66a4f5 SHA-256: 59db3342761fb7794f02f7b8398011e320ebce3eeae135e494c57d74aff60567
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The RTF file contains an embedded OLE object that decodes to a PE file, specifically targeting the Equation Editor vulnerability. This indicates a likely exploitation for client execution. The presence of ".objdata" and ".objupdate" sections further supports the method of OLE object activation for payload delivery. No specific family could be identified from the static analysis.

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000071.bin
fb431c1001f5ebda14effce078074f160f74920eb204d1371b9d6308550ddbb9
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x71 462723 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.