Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae0daedf34d99b24…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

674.2 KB
MD5: 0406894ead808940de6e515b207f62cd SHA-1: 9d07252635c435b256628bcc81b46b8377ebd3e0 SHA-256: ae0daedf34d99b241f3ecf6ab91cc1e4fec87997149b95983a2cae962f8ffea0
122 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains an embedded OLE object that leverages the Equation Editor vulnerability (CVE-2017-11882). The ".objupdate" directive indicates that the embedded object is designed to be activated automatically, leading to the execution of malicious code. The extracted file metadata and heuristic firings strongly suggest this exploit is the primary attack vector.

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_off00000043.bin
2c57aed5280d7ed76f5ac9a615a0ffcf05b1ae86032f1bcac72b0a6cf2b51dfa
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x43 345080 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.