Malicious RTF / .OLE — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e8d3bdb5daa3176…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .OLE

1.10 MB
MD5: d528ed2fcb075e4fed06ef6248f4198b SHA-1: 0e348255c13adafcb90a565dd77092836c524872 SHA-256: 8e8d3bdb5daa3176505a13e0deb5fae2a963960312e396cd6dbbbd100d8d6d03
122 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains a large embedded OLE object with excessive hex-encoded data, a common technique for hiding malicious payloads. The presence of \objdata and \objupdate directives further indicates that the OLE object is intended to be activated, likely to execute a secondary stage. The extracted artifact 'objdata_00_off00000053.bin' is the most significant IOC.

Heuristics 5

  • \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.
  • Large hex data blocks in OLE object high RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX
    RTF contains ~1152KB of hex-encoded data inside \objdata sections — may hide a payload
  • 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_off00000053.bin
bf07ef31d0ed3073400dc7b5e760b6eb8d25821bcc6cf4beba27f55d4530e35c
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x53 576174 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.