Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7cb61fa7f71aa4f3…

MALICIOUS

RTF

1.02 MB First seen: 2026-05-24
MD5: df34f255c626b78eb8af6736f217d6b9 SHA-1: e6ab34dbeed5d8292097897753b55112bdd2c6e4 SHA-256: 7cb61fa7f71aa4f3b3091622dc17ca858ef028088d0a0af04631bfe06c52d5a1
380 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF document contains multiple indicators of exploitation, including OLE object data, composite monikers, and automatic linking, strongly suggesting the use of CVE-2017-8570 or CVE-2017-0199. The document body explicitly instructs the user to 'click Enable Editing', a common lure to bypass security measures and allow the embedded OLE object to execute, which likely downloads and runs a second-stage payload. The presence of shellcode command strings and suspicious extracted files further supports this attack pattern.

Heuristics 10

  • 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.
  • CVE-2017-0199 / CVE-2017-8759 (OLE2Link auto-activated remote loader) critical CVE related RTF_OLE2LINK_REMOTE_MONIKER_LOADER
    RTF embeds an OLE2Link object that is force-activated with \objupdate (no user interaction on open) and fetches a remote second stage — through an INCLUDETEXT/INCLUDEPICTURE field or the OLE object's own moniker. This is the OLE2Link auto-update attack path shared by CVE-2017-0199 (server returns an HTA/scriptlet) and CVE-2017-8759 (server returns a SOAP WSDL the .NET parser compiles). Office processes the fetched response through the same code path; the specific CVE depends on the now-unreachable server content type.
  • 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.
  • Large hex data blocks in OLE object high RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX
    RTF contains ~1037KB of hex-encoded data inside \objdata sections — may hide a payload
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high 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.
  • OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA
    RTF contains 4 \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
🗂 Part of campaign: shared payload 51ef705eef 49 samples

Related samples 8

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Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000966.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x966 408272 bytes
SHA-256: d16b4f21eb8153be912bfca292ffbb72c588334a472443ab21a6707554b582af
objdata_01_off00007115.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x7115 408245 bytes
SHA-256: 539c66cb90dab275ac0efb21b0d4bcb2dbf887199067203e1eed669324a170e0
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Static shellcode analysis recovered command string(s): WScript.Shell"")")
objdata_02_off000d66b4.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xD66B4 2632 bytes
SHA-256: 51ef705eef602ac6eb91c2063c8f50d4e54b5e051b60429031d41133bc7df645
objdata_03_off000d7c57.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xD7C57 12297 bytes
SHA-256: e8d4fe950caed6dcfde26f4b616825bbe11b93458425974b7d075167f675abf7

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