Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0 — RTF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7afe192b23e1d2a0…

MALICIOUS

RTF

338.0 KB Authoring application: Riched20 10.0.17134 First seen: 2020-04-06
MD5: 3c54f671789f60ac0efece12156ad949 SHA-1: 3a669aea2aaf2656ca3966cc669f72e96440ee9b SHA-256: 7afe192b23e1d2a03d12eacc4adca1b8597576ed8bc44e6d80575af31191df9a
260 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0 · confidence 90%

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

The RTF file contains multiple embedded OLE objects, with heuristics indicating the use of ".objupdate" and Composite Monikers, suggesting an attempt to exploit OLE object activation. ClamAV detections identify the embedded content as 'Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0', a known malicious variant. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, with the embedded OLE object serving as the exploit mechanism.

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.
  • ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0
  • \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 5 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • OlePres presentation stream in RTF OLE object medium RTF_OLEPRES_STREAM
    RTF contains an embedded OLE object with an OlePres presentation stream. OlePres is an OLE presentation marker and is not enough on its own to identify CVE-2025-21298.

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000113.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x113 33640 bytes
SHA-256: 74e95cd448ce4e08904af70e141e68e27176c4b3fb887a8fc1be2c6923601cd5
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
objdata_01_off00010f58.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x10F58 33640 bytes
SHA-256: e8a630b96843e17119df5bf3445b3b3d88ed3273ddffb80ada1e4925293c171f
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
objdata_03_off00032be2.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x32BE2 33640 bytes
SHA-256: bbe4dffd6377e00792e9cce835bfe2ee02a2782f9934c71e7522246a8d9404f3
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
objdata_04_off00043a27.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x43A27 33640 bytes
SHA-256: 82dda4d6b4d66e6f06b53f1a3c40309438a5bbbb37a2c1efaeb5c85da9971375
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely