Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99232f1d68b77549…

MALICIOUS

RTF

9.4 KB
MD5: 838f19684f9acf6932514d2ce2037b8f SHA-1: b8a2b693985e72dc183232812401660584464e02 SHA-256: 99232f1d68b77549221806580f3e3af405cc1154e300b325500ae7c8f41a9148
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The RTF document contains OLE object data and uses an \objupdate directive, indicating an attempt to exploit embedded objects. This strongly suggests a malicious intent to execute code upon opening. While no specific family is identified, the technique is consistent with exploit-laden documents used for initial access.

Heuristics 2

  • \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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00001135.bin
9a7cffa16b83b5352f1a4f512ccdbbdaeef248290645fe067205cf0779eccac3
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x1135 1857 bytes