MALICIOUS
242
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
The RTF file contains multiple indicators of malicious activity, including the exploitation of CVE-2017-8570 via composite moniker and embedded OLE objects. The heuristic firings strongly suggest that the file is designed to drop and execute a script, likely a second-stage payload, as indicated by the presence of shellcode API strings in an extracted artifact. The embedded OLE object data, particularly objdata_01_off0000021e.bin, is a primary suspect for containing the malicious script.
Heuristics 8
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Composite Moniker — CVE-2017-8570 (drops SCT script) critical CVE_2017_8570RTF \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.
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Composite Moniker in RTF OLE object high RTF_COMPOSITE_MONIKER_RELATEDRTF 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.
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\objupdate forces OLE activation high RTF_OBJUPDATERTF contains \objupdate — forces automatic OLE object instantiation when the document is opened, bypassing user interaction. Almost exclusively seen in Equation Editor exploit documents.
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Large hex data blocks in OLE object high RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEXRTF contains ~1330KB of hex-encoded data inside \objdata sections — may hide a payload
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OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATARTF contains 7 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
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Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMBRTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
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Suspicious extracted artifact medium EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.URL http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml In RTF body
Extracted artifacts 7
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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objdata_00_off00000025.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x25 | 229 bytes |
SHA-256: bdf6de0a64b3411ca5229f989a8704bb9f2ac8eac0d3b0c83ab62136585dd012 |
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objdata_01_off0000021e.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x21E | 665315 bytes |
SHA-256: b677ef6a64247fdb64d8131b01888db1d1530b5751971650845c042bdb75a85d |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Static shellcode analysis found candidate code region(s). Indicators: heap spray 0x04, SC_STR_CREATEPROCESS, SC_STR_SHELLEXEC Static shellcode analysis recovered API/import strings: GetProcAddress, VirtualAlloc, CreateProcessA, shell32.dll, ShellExecuteW, LoadLibraryW
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objdata_02_off0015d64b.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x15D64B | 1123 bytes |
SHA-256: 263c6a332f8bed14e4d9417cab11f921ef8d301d5b5d655b5a43179ea58c7434 |
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objdata_03_off0015df4a.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x15DF4A | 31700 bytes |
SHA-256: d4a1288d7e1e89b8424faf9a360d1200ca1fa2aa5a80b059536b6305279af68e |
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objdata_04_off0016d72a.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x16D72A | 404 bytes |
SHA-256: 392cac683130eb6402c5b549f0e7d1653f531eebb9a09e8b26c73d30cf6c8b98 |
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objdata_05_off0016da8e.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x16DA8E | 937 bytes |
SHA-256: e21955e19ee5e9c33caa29d20574aba20d6cc02b855734ac20377ad351eddf3c |
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objdata_06_off0016e25e.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x16E25E | 2633 bytes |
SHA-256: ce081fd28fe7177ff803b92dfff0940839fdacbc316318ce15cbf8889540f4f0 |
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