RTF malware analysis — malicious · 920f006948f2a029

MALICIOUS

RTF

566.8 KB First seen: 2019-12-09

MD5: 7605d3d3c22d37d39f1471b0a98610d2 SHA-1: eb93f391951a4db0d79f9c54c90ec6f0498b3cbe SHA-256: 920f006948f2a029245bdcf0dc84b2d3153920202abfc0825c77d72e65ddb3ff

220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The RTF file contains multiple OLE objects and ".objupdate" directives, indicating it is designed to exploit vulnerabilities. Specifically, the "CVE_2017_8570" heuristic firing confirms the use of a Composite Moniker to drop an SCT script, which is a known technique for executing arbitrary code. The embedded OLE object data, particularly at offset 0xB5D2, is the likely source of this exploit.

Heuristics 6

Composite Moniker — CVE-2017-8570 (drops SCT script) critical CVE related CVE_2017_8570

RTF \objdata decodes to OLE data containing the Composite Moniker — CVE-2017-8570 (drops SCT script) CLSID — the vulnerable control/moniker is embedded directly in the document's object stream, the delivery shape of this exploit. RTF objects auto-render when Word opens the file.
Composite Moniker in RTF OLE object high CVE related RTF_COMPOSITE_MONIKER_RELATED

RTF contains Composite Moniker CLSID in OLE object context, but no nearby scriptlet/SCT payload was confirmed. Treat as related moniker attack-surface evidence rather than proof of CVE-2017-8570 exploitation.
\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.
Suspicious extracted artifact high 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.
OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA

RTF contains 5 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB

RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`objdata_00_off00000025.bin`	rtf-objdata-decoded	RTF \objdata at offset 0x25	266092 bytes
SHA-256: `60ed3665daa1ca117e8e44d2f7de025360ee1a299f0e3cf6dded12b00526e58f`
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
`objdata_01_off0008af6a.bin`	rtf-objdata-decoded	RTF \objdata at offset 0x8AF6A	1056 bytes
SHA-256: `38e0a590df7eaa9868af736886281809be3c0fe6a6a6ea4e0327baa813cb5642`
`objdata_02_off0008b7e6.bin`	rtf-objdata-decoded	RTF \objdata at offset 0x8B7E6	429 bytes
SHA-256: `c861ab3ab7d28ef7b028a69afbbfc89c1f5c98f0be9f15b26f0565b7d5605703`
`objdata_03_off0008bb7c.bin`	rtf-objdata-decoded	RTF \objdata at offset 0x8BB7C	1351 bytes
SHA-256: `fbfe6031f946bf25c25f9783662a0516de4f34007dcfe7ff53f2b540dbc1df3f`
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Static shellcode analysis recovered command string(s): cscript //nologo %vbs%
`objdata_04_off0008c688.bin`	rtf-objdata-decoded	RTF \objdata at offset 0x8C688	2633 bytes
SHA-256: `1f8de175e345e5b9624b8bb5f76e9d4c1d78de3a7bbc2750e8ea7def36f04cfb`

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