Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 926abc64d1247534…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

1.21 MB First seen: 2023-07-26
MD5: a5950b5128669c9349a93cbcd7d0c737 SHA-1: a57afb24cc49a483f3aab2718cf9aacedc629f89 SHA-256: 926abc64d12475346a3ab12abc5bbe66ff4b679dc270ab7f9160e3dc3f03f2e5
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The RTF file contains a large amount of hex-encoded data within an OLE object, indicated by the RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX heuristic. The RTF_OBJUPDATE heuristic suggests that this embedded object is designed to be activated automatically. This points to a likely attack pattern involving a hidden payload within the OLE object, intended to be executed upon opening the document.

Heuristics 4

  • \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 ~1273KB 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
  • 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_off0000008b.bin
787a94f7ad6c4942c3d6eb22d92c83a00f73f619f1b4bef071466ab9f192c655
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x8B 636630 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.