Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73d30d13905836b5…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

226.9 KB
MD5: 3f51f9cf7b5788f7940a920caacf5cc2 SHA-1: 39c3e16d535ee9981d455a3c24f448acc637d229 SHA-256: 73d30d13905836b58231c715abf58a8db818257f721ba5bee5ba42260ad95dac
240 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The RTF document contains multiple indicators of malicious OLE object embedding and automatic linking, specifically related to CVE-2017-8570. The document body explicitly instructs the user to 'click Enable Editing when opening', which is a lure to bypass security measures and execute embedded malicious content, likely a script dropped via the Composite Moniker vulnerability.

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.
  • 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_off00000965.bin
6ef88f2a05802e23cf09dae48c88949dc094b8cd6634aa1c301fa1cb70e680e5
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x965 19484 bytes
objdata_01_off0000a854.bin
18cff8ef194415d33763880bf64011d23305e4b9143b76244b89e1c53b70a0d5
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xA854 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off0000bdf7.bin
44deae4627fee3c44f54d5bd10477ec2e17f4c08135f08e2417832e36d10d037
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xBDF7 12297 bytes