Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5db9ed5db890a3bd…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

218.2 KB
MD5: d480e30eca52377f4553fb5f48bcf39f SHA-1: 7705fd8c9a830f679197f270ef2797abb6ba453f SHA-256: 5db9ed5db890a3bd459c00c491a57b246a5ea788940e35b57ddbdf0e0ccb54af
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The RTF document contains OLE object data and triggers heuristics related to CVE-2017-8570, which is known to drop SCT scripts. The document body includes a lure instructing the user to 'Enable Editing', a common tactic to bypass macro security. This suggests the file is designed to exploit this vulnerability to execute a secondary 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_off00000ba2.bin
1c51c48878877e78c30806c29f67531dd75cf0b96af7a0087c960c1f19e78cca
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xBA2 15570 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 shell/COM execution token(s).
objdata_01_off00008ac2.bin
893d8db8585190a273d0c7c3dcff2eb58184b866a3687a9319ca72a8284876cb
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x8AC2 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off0000a065.bin
44deae4627fee3c44f54d5bd10477ec2e17f4c08135f08e2417832e36d10d037
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xA065 12297 bytes