Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 849f6ca81256c6c8…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

576.1 KB
MD5: e77c112432283be7f80e4a9db54d37a4 SHA-1: 0ac0beb7cfd10a00556c5e3651069270e5f8c3e6 SHA-256: 849f6ca81256c6c83749cae8ea06fdc298d0a5bdbffdf8fdf699969e859d2dc8
122 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The RTF document contains an embedded OLE object with a suspicious Equation Editor ProgID, indicating an attempt to exploit a known vulnerability. The \objupdate directive suggests that the embedded object will be activated automatically upon opening, leading to the execution of arbitrary code. The extracted artifact, objdata_00_off00000051.bin, is likely the payload or exploit code.

Heuristics 4

  • Split hex Equation Editor ProgID + OLE object critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    RTF embeds the Equation.3 ProgID as hex bytes near OLE object activation and splits the byte stream with whitespace or an ignorable RTF group. This is an Equation Editor OLE activation surface commonly used by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 exploit documents.
  • \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 1 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000051.bin
4f96a250aa71d5f10ca6ffff81caf60b8795217522aac4fa4c5e771b32457706
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x51 294806 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.