Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8dd861d3807af5d0…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

465.3 KB
MD5: 1967e61a7c66ea42ecc7050c8abf0de4 SHA-1: 57acad79d1bbcd7fec3843c6250fedf9f2bfd9b8 SHA-256: 8dd861d3807af5d06500e95c6fe3c030da0afd240326572a8a64fc4b3662cc1f
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains an embedded OLE object, specifically targeting the Equation Editor vulnerability. This indicates a likely exploit delivery mechanism. The presence of ".objdata" and ".objupdate" directives further suggests the file is designed to activate and execute embedded content, likely a secondary payload. No specific family could be identified, and no further IOCs were extracted.

Heuristics 5

  • Equation Editor CLSID critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    Equation Editor OLE CLSID found inside an OLE object — exploited by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 / CVE-2018-0798
  • \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_off000019ea.bin
78ecf3d6d594bbe185e1e7fa64fddbd323b2d28e52c5b6a51d5f520538c2863b
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x19EA 104003 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.96, consistent with packed or encrypted content.