Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ffb3b7f4303ac73…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

31.1 KB First seen: 2022-12-08
MD5: 135ca6b75d76e54276865be252a7e8e7 SHA-1: 9acc0db1a185ed9db3db00149d39aeb124119508 SHA-256: 8ffb3b7f4303ac738f2fc186c3ee5f808fd4f27642af8402b0d7b60bae0ea364
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 User Execution: Malicious File T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The RTF document contains OLE object data and specifically targets the Equation Editor vulnerability, as indicated by the RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR and RTF_OBJUPDATE heuristics. The SE_ENABLE_LURE heuristic confirms the presence of a lure to enable editing, which is a common technique for exploiting such vulnerabilities. The embedded OLE object, objdata_00_off000052a7.bin, is the likely payload carrier.

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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_off000052a7.bin
59322881e88308fdf2d9339c82514c476ea7117fbd0559baf3da0bc24374a954
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x52A7 1642 bytes