Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ce125ef75828ffc…

MALICIOUS

RTF

402.2 KB Created: 2020-06-09 12:34:00 First seen: 2021-07-07
MD5: bf0f016ca220f041426a452f9883aa3b SHA-1: b101c14d9ca3bd5c32c7b0cf7b237bbe2cbb40ca SHA-256: 9ce125ef75828ffcfb14cf8340a7a5815b45494f8a25fa65402f968b158e9dab
322 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The RTF file contains multiple indicators of exploitation, specifically referencing CVE-2017-8570 and CVE-2017-8759, which are known vulnerabilities related to OLE object handling in Microsoft Office. The presence of OLE objects and automatic linking suggests an attempt to execute embedded code. This pattern is commonly used to download and execute further malicious content, hence the high confidence in an exploitation-based attack.

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • CVE-2017-8759 — MSXML SAX OLE activation critical CVE likely CVE_2017_8759
    RTF contains a hex-encoded OLE1 object for Msxml2.SAXXMLReader.6.0 followed by an embedded OLE compound document, and the document requests OLE activation. This matches the RTF staging shape used for CVE-2017-8759 SOAP/WSDL parser code injection.
  • 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.
  • Automatically linked OLE object high RTF_OBJAUTLINK
    RTF contains \objautlink — an automatically linked OLE object surface that can be updated or activated when Word opens the document.
  • \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 4 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/w In RTF body

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000132c1.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x132C1 56433 bytes
SHA-256: c10d5dc620791807813402b3c3f3c28df2dbdcee5fdaa3e245370bcead3c305a
objdata_01_off00019a70.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x19A70 56406 bytes
SHA-256: 4d40f18ba3ae084a7f26650ec3e8a69121ba3601a107cddd36ed4198e633e095
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Static shellcode analysis recovered command string(s): WScript.Shell"")")
objdata_02_off0003655d.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x3655D 2632 bytes
SHA-256: a8e170497da15decc11753d202c99c86f7a7ffd2d52481e6b9c79a5403675379
objdata_03_off00037b00.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x37B00 12297 bytes
SHA-256: e8d4fe950caed6dcfde26f4b616825bbe11b93458425974b7d075167f675abf7