Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8dbbb5a4bf13e6ed…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

17.4 KB
MD5: 41bf082b5bc6696b2b3c224ebf35dedb SHA-1: 298278809107c165c8a1d9a81a4a965e969f7fc1 SHA-256: 8dbbb5a4bf13e6eda4e9481f0766094e02ea6fd58790a7946f4450fb149e6e0f
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is an RTF document containing embedded OLE objects, specifically triggering heuristics for Equation Editor vulnerabilities and OLE object activation. This indicates an attempt to exploit a known vulnerability, likely CVE-2017-11882, to achieve code execution. The embedded OLE object data suggests the execution of malicious code, potentially downloading and running a second-stage payload.

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_off0000199e.bin
c70bf2f3f734830cab705e721fab4415aa86e56f447e937b5d4bfd3aea52797c
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x199E 1511 bytes