Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8caa583b9d00c7c0…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

313.1 KB
MD5: dc6a27b16a258d9d9450a1aef8f015f3 SHA-1: 2542dc7041b81b9eac15b84ab610be9408304544 SHA-256: 8caa583b9d00c7c0f0a4db309e2580bb56682c28c0858032bc8e769f6013f85e
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF document contains an embedded OLE object that is activated via \objupdate, triggering the Equation Editor vulnerability. This is a common technique for delivering second-stage payloads. The heuristic firings strongly indicate exploitation of the Equation Editor, a known vector for malware delivery. No document body text was available for analysis, but the technical indicators are sufficient to infer the attack pattern.

Heuristics 5

  • 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 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_off00001ca6.bin
5b99ebfd41206f1b56e431000f9ebf8fb2d51154124bd73b844985f0a3377fdb
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x1CA6 156504 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.