Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c53c38be598e4c5…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

2.41 MB
MD5: 17fbc6bf368de449e0afb59ff45af1fd SHA-1: f4522ebabac9835ecdad5137fa00b185ecbef04c SHA-256: 8c53c38be598e4c508023f712a8b0d84b13ddfd65cbe17ef33a8200d26881f7a
80 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The RTF document contains OLE object data and uses an \objupdate directive, indicating an attempt to activate embedded objects. The SE_ENABLE_LURE heuristic confirms that the document instructs the user to enable macros or editing, a common technique for malware droppers to bypass security settings.

Heuristics 3

  • \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
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off001f0e9d.bin
952407219bee60f0a16d4c5447b881224d5f20a0d3ca408cbf9d0c5c62d33b86
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x1F0E9D 3740 bytes