Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6257efffa9e20cb…

MALICIOUS

RTF

2.05 MB
MD5: e740ab26e1ff3a866ba92dde8689030b SHA-1: b3b949f50e5bde323a942a28002ea3ad41473d0e SHA-256: a6257efffa9e20cb1cdc2eb22153240ef24845e68a5033907218bfe32a12c10a
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1559.001 Component Object Model T1204.002 Malicious File

The RTF file contains a large amount of hex-encoded data within an OLE object, flagged by multiple high-severity heuristics. The ".objdata" section and ".objupdate" directive indicate that the embedded OLE object is designed to be automatically activated upon opening the document. This mechanism is commonly used to drop and execute secondary payloads. The extracted artifact "objdata_00_off00000094.bin" is likely the hidden payload.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Large hex data blocks in OLE object high RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX
    RTF contains ~2151KB 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_off00000094.bin
3457e0a2e265138eafd1bd13543ec4b4b13a5e1a9d08e2b3c31db76590dce981
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x94 1075764 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.