Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3827d548ba7bc6a…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

600.4 KB
MD5: dc1664b763fdb89818b87caf21349b15 SHA-1: 69a1854d495830e724d928879fc286d81820ed18 SHA-256: a3827d548ba7bc6a93d5cad0a50d9ed692dcef618a51f48f61efe0f52a0d690e
122 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains an embedded OLE object with a split Equation Editor ProgID, indicating exploitation of CVE-2017-11882. The ".objupdate" directive forces OLE object activation, leading to arbitrary code execution. The extracted artifact suggests a potential second-stage payload, but no specific family is identifiable from the static analysis alone.

Heuristics 4

  • Split hex Equation Editor ProgID + OLE object critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    RTF embeds the Equation.3 ProgID as hex bytes near OLE object activation and splits the byte stream with whitespace or an ignorable RTF group. This is an Equation Editor OLE activation surface commonly used by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 exploit documents.
  • \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
  • 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_off00000074.bin
f157066247571b75f5e7b0870dfc65dfabdbfb0ea8e989f88e0927edcdb81b3f
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x74 307183 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.