Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65fc142469b39f60…

MALICIOUS

RTF

5.6 KB First seen: 2017-08-27
MD5: e252cc3a80898825ffdf87e9b0fb627e SHA-1: d6223542df76d8bf53369786f5ee54cd38533e29 SHA-256: 65fc142469b39f60234b3bd779ea09856871c23f9b06dc12284111a310cbac94
222 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains OLE object data that is automatically linked and updated, indicating an attempt to activate external content. Specifically, it exploits CVE-2017-0199 by referencing the remote URL http://192.168.1.3/logo.doc, which is likely to host and deliver a malicious payload. This exploit is a common method for initial execution of malware via document files.

Heuristics 6

  • CVE-2017-0199 (OLE2Link / remote URL Moniker) critical CVE likely CVE_2017_0199
    RTF contains a URL Moniker OLE link whose decoded target is remote. Office can fetch and process the response through the CVE-2017-0199 OLE2Link attack path, but the server-side content type is not proven statically.
  • ClamAV: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_0199-6335035-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_0199-6335035-0
  • 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 1 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://192.168.1.3/logo.doc In RTF body
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordmlIn RTF body

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000001a2.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x1A2 2601 bytes
SHA-256: a50a6f1dc5c81b8714fe193354f598b5a48630572991b665e35a92f21f0b099b

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