Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fad592023140493…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

12.7 KB First seen: 2023-01-23
MD5: df0512f0393737b59cf7c03f3bb8449e SHA-1: 21a1079da87976ba2ace03ef1d1b3eef41a02745 SHA-256: 5fad592023140493212d357cd44d758503d8242cd83662edaf9a700bd2e4936e
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 User Execution T1204.002 Malicious File T1559 Component Object Model Hijacking T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking: Component Object Model Hijacking T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059.005 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic

The sample is an RTF document containing an embedded OLE object that exploits CVE-2017-11882. The document body contains a lure instructing the user to 'Enable Editing' and 'Enable Content', which is a common technique for malware droppers. The embedded OLE object is likely designed to execute a malicious payload upon activation.

Heuristics 5

  • CVE-2017-11882 — Equation Editor FONT record overflow critical CVE likely CVE_2017_11882
    Equation Editor MTEF contains an overlong FONT typeface field, the vulnerable copy primitive for CVE-2017-11882. This is stronger evidence than the Equation Editor CLSID alone because it identifies the malformed record that drives code execution in EQNEDT32.EXE.
  • \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
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000001e1.bin
f5614949acaa6b10dc91de19a64f26d3a5886ddd048f79e94f7a0848eb8e04f9
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x1E1 4150 bytes