Win.Trojan.Elpapok-1 — RTF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78929e41a2d9afb7…

MALICIOUS

RTF

10.1 KB First seen: 2020-02-04
MD5: ef338068d26b97a4ad347d1ec003183f SHA-1: c91259c2c9518c0b101b4311f0ffc9024f19b4e8 SHA-256: 78929e41a2d9afb70ad9e04590d7df0c189533a4b824de130390b2518a70d23b
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Win.Trojan.Elpapok-1 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The RTF file contains OLE object data and triggers heuristics for CVE-2012-0158, indicating exploitation of a vulnerability in Microsoft Common Controls. ClamAV detections confirm this is a known trojan, likely Win.Trojan.Elpapok-1, which often involves executing embedded shellcode.

Heuristics 3

  • MSCOMCTL.ListView — CVE-2012-0158 high CVE related CVE_2012_0158
    RTF \objdata decodes to OLE data containing the MSCOMCTL.ListView — CVE-2012-0158 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.
  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Elpapok-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Elpapok-1
  • OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA
    RTF contains 1 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000000a0.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xA0 5065 bytes
SHA-256: c5fecfc2a983e8582e4cc11f58c3eb671574a6e7b3820eed4529c9556f3f3ccc
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.MSShellcode-6360729-4
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely