Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84ffc0bdd8428c30…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

1.85 MB
MD5: c0639914c58c54b569948dae84fd18f3 SHA-1: fb2a30055d928f0bd50d3647a61c2c21661e83a4 SHA-256: 84ffc0bdd8428c3036326cf09fbbbc3f2b28a1b863dbc085fb1b5dd25fc4b163
300 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The RTF file contains multiple indicators of exploitation targeting the Equation Editor vulnerability (CVE-2017-11882). Heuristics indicate the presence of OLE object data, composite monikers, and excessive hex data, all associated with this exploit. ClamAV explicitly identifies the file as Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6584355-1, confirming the exploit's nature. The embedded OLE object likely contains and executes the malicious payload.

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Ole10Native stream in RTF OLE object high CVE related RTF_OLE10NATIVE_STREAM
    RTF contains an embedded OLE object with an Ole10Native stream. This is a strong payload-container signal and is related to Word/OLE exploit delivery, but it is not specific enough on its own to assign a CVE.
  • Equation Editor CLSID critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    Equation Editor OLE CLSID found inside an OLE object — exploited by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 / CVE-2018-0798
  • ClamAV: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6584355-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6584355-1
  • \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 ~1920KB of hex-encoded data inside \objdata sections — may hide a payload
  • OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA
    RTF contains 2 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000000c0.bin
0407b347df927c7855bf117ace29672a14915fdd973da93d3eff3ea594478469
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xC0 962117 bytes