Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76a7ca51649d892c…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

218.1 KB
MD5: 58e121949b3d69e640651738af3c9ec7 SHA-1: f4c86869a285a0e8774bec4a81c5cc2fb7660152 SHA-256: 76a7ca51649d892c2dfd4873582edfabd1ebbb2a84cd7c7777054db1705f628f
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1137.003 Dynamic Registration

The RTF document contains multiple embedded OLE objects, with specific heuristics indicating the use of ".objupdate" to force OLE activation and a Composite Moniker, suggesting an attempt to execute embedded content. The document body explicitly instructs the user to 'Enable Editing', a common lure to bypass macro security. No scripts were extracted, but the OLE object activation points to a likely execution of a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 6

  • 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
51629c895d874460c32aedab1e7e666b8303862e1aa88d384b1cc959806288c1
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xBA2 15540 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 shell/COM execution token(s).
objdata_01_off00008a80.bin
893d8db8585190a273d0c7c3dcff2eb58184b866a3687a9319ca72a8284876cb
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x8A80 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off0000a023.bin
44deae4627fee3c44f54d5bd10477ec2e17f4c08135f08e2417832e36d10d037
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xA023 12297 bytes