MALICIOUS
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
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Composite Moniker — CVE-2017-8570 (drops SCT script) critical CVE_2017_8570RTF \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.
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CVE-2017-8759 — MSXML SAX OLE activation critical CVE likely CVE_2017_8759RTF 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.
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Composite Moniker in RTF OLE object high RTF_COMPOSITE_MONIKER_RELATEDRTF 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.
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Automatically linked OLE object high RTF_OBJAUTLINKRTF contains \objautlink — an automatically linked OLE object surface that can be updated or activated when Word opens the document.
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\objupdate forces OLE activation high RTF_OBJUPDATERTF contains \objupdate — forces automatic OLE object instantiation when the document is opened, bypassing user interaction. Almost exclusively seen in Equation Editor exploit documents.
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Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATARTF contains 4 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
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Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMBRTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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objdata_00_off000132c1.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x132C1 | 56433 bytes |
SHA-256: c10d5dc620791807813402b3c3f3c28df2dbdcee5fdaa3e245370bcead3c305a |
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objdata_01_off00019a70.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x19A70 | 56406 bytes |
SHA-256: 4d40f18ba3ae084a7f26650ec3e8a69121ba3601a107cddd36ed4198e633e095 |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Static shellcode analysis recovered command string(s): WScript.Shell"")")
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objdata_02_off0003655d.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x3655D | 2632 bytes |
SHA-256: a8e170497da15decc11753d202c99c86f7a7ffd2d52481e6b9c79a5403675379 |
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objdata_03_off00037b00.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x37B00 | 12297 bytes |
SHA-256: e8d4fe950caed6dcfde26f4b616825bbe11b93458425974b7d075167f675abf7 |
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