Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abb0382cfa796541…

MALICIOUS

RTF

384.6 KB
MD5: f8c33e1a51127f70267ef8cea580c3de SHA-1: 49d639cd7c7f19f2450266d28f3939dfa7ba2e04 SHA-256: abb0382cfa796541190aa75f19fabf5e86d3a0400fd1c64036cdc1eb6b485457
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains multiple OLE objects, with specific heuristics indicating the use of \objdata and \objupdate, strongly suggesting an attempt to exploit OLE activation mechanisms. The presence of embedded OLE objects and the suspicious extracted artifact point towards the execution of malicious code. The file's SHA256 hash is included as a primary IOC.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • \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 3 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000007d0.bin
d081768557b2415a4990b6792ba3dcd17c207e53421f2f2783f397623a5d9c29
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x7D0 97957 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 shell/COM execution token(s).
objdata_01_off00032453.bin
c1062dbe2c516490ba03c091a3be0d514bef7428a936eb00367c1b3069f9cedc
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x32453 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off000339f6.bin
44deae4627fee3c44f54d5bd10477ec2e17f4c08135f08e2417832e36d10d037
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x339F6 12297 bytes