Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad214ff462c16f2b…

MALICIOUS

RTF

8.2 KB First seen: 2019-09-30
MD5: f350dda5b156a2080a21628ea89cc196 SHA-1: 3374128ae16705d1c2d504e13c548ca7b00a13d9 SHA-256: ad214ff462c16f2b6cb5074de183d6b1c51f9c609155a33666294d1860c89cdd
260 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains embedded OLE object data and specifically triggers heuristics related to the Equation Editor vulnerability (CVE-2017-11882). This exploit is known to allow for arbitrary code execution. The file was detected by ClamAV as Doc.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6934206-0, confirming the exploitation attempt.

Heuristics 6

  • Equation Editor CLSID critical CVE likely RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    Equation Editor OLE CLSID found inside an OLE object — exploited by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 / CVE-2018-0798
  • CVE-2017-11882 — Equation Editor FONT record overflow critical CVE likely CVE_2017_11882
    Equation Editor MTEF contains an overlong FONT typeface field, the vulnerable copy primitive for CVE-2017-11882. This is stronger evidence than the Equation Editor CLSID alone because it identifies the malformed record that drives code execution in EQNEDT32.EXE.
  • ClamAV: Doc.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6934206-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6934206-0
  • \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 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000032.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x32 4149 bytes
SHA-256: a55328070a92c7d207a82089224268c8d2e2fb00a75c90d13d0340e7989a66ee
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Static shellcode analysis found candidate code region(s). Indicators: SC_GETPC_CALL