Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8981a42fee2f0a0c…

MALICIOUS

RTF

1.38 MB Authoring application: Msftedit 5.41.15.1515
MD5: 9966f5f68cf27e82d45e3e88819c4077 SHA-1: 7cd9b032dc986c34bc86c5e624db93e15da2c553 SHA-256: 8981a42fee2f0a0c1788fff8ee1cb2b78d77c512d7ecb1b433c3646ac4deb988
182 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1559 Component Object Model and Distributed Component Object Model T1559.001 Component Object Model and Distributed Component Object Model: Component Object Model

The RTF file contains an embedded OLE object, identified by RTF_OBJDATA and RTF_OBJEMB heuristics. This object includes a PE header within its hex-encoded data (RTF_MZ_HEX), indicating the presence of a hidden executable payload. The large amount of hex data (RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX) further supports this, suggesting the RTF is a dropper for a malicious binary.

Heuristics 6

  • PE header (with DOS stub) in hex data critical RTF_MZ_HEX
    Hex-encoded PE (MZ + DOS stub) found inside RTF — likely an embedded executable payload
  • Package object class high RTF_OBJCLASS_PACKAGE
    OLE Package object — can wrap arbitrary files
  • Large hex data blocks in OLE object high RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX
    RTF contains ~1436KB of hex-encoded data inside \objdata sections — may hide a payload
  • OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA
    RTF contains 1 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • 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_off000000d1.bin
8d1e7e99d10d49bc70c737eea31bdbf62bd3421de701c84fe7dc07c70c3e11e1
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xD1 700173 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.91, consistent with packed or encrypted content.