Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a3b7bd4fcdc6356…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

241.6 KB First seen: 2022-04-13
MD5: 375859ef3c3b016aa8553f6a8f439905 SHA-1: 99bb3255dd952958da2f096dad30f33ef0e1885b SHA-256: 8a3b7bd4fcdc635631f4aa3da38d2461f2d14a2e5d4b13e3350aa9927d76c757
123 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains multiple OLE objects, with specific heuristics indicating the use of ".objupdate" and Composite Monikers. This suggests the document is designed to exploit OLE object activation to trigger embedded malicious code. No scripts were extracted, and the document body contained only formatting information, limiting further analysis of the specific lure.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • \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 3 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000007d0.bin
673380e9397f36308c38a9056d1f69d3640d5ed77e127e9e74f3554f078313d8
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x7D0 27549 bytes
objdata_01_off0000e844.bin
1721aab459b68b884f13b5caf8aed48f2f1a5eb3d65c1b2ddac08c7c93062de4
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xE844 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off0000fde7.bin
44deae4627fee3c44f54d5bd10477ec2e17f4c08135f08e2417832e36d10d037
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xFDE7 12297 bytes