Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89ac86b15bde29e5…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

20.8 KB
MD5: 0a472280ea4d45fefbf6a1e89a0b91cc SHA-1: 33b828a8f1a8f2e4dab729567b74c663dc1b4692 SHA-256: 89ac86b15bde29e5353c77dfd48f3877610ae1f56908acf2de1acc2fafb66ede
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is an RTF document containing OLE object data, specifically triggering heuristics related to the Equation Editor vulnerability (RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR) and OLE object activation (RTF_OBJUPDATE). This indicates an attempt to exploit a known vulnerability to gain code execution. While no specific script was extracted, the presence of these RTF-specific exploit indicators strongly suggests the document's purpose is to deliver a malicious payload via the Equation Editor vulnerability.

Heuristics 3

  • 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 2 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000eac.bin
a75d27b0500a2575a0bcf585e7892c117baee48a0e8d0acc29e29de112dc396a
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xEAC 2335 bytes