Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0 — RTF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af6cbc79ff21a3af…

MALICIOUS

RTF

495.4 KB Created: 2018-06-07 13:12:00 First seen: 2018-07-04
MD5: 0cfb3ab1f43215008d3dcf7d187e6af1 SHA-1: 41dc2c60219c07fbea67517997231f85e5f1225e SHA-256: af6cbc79ff21a3afc5baa03b474b67e364b919c24059b8844391fb392a030914
242 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0 · confidence 95%

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

The RTF file contains multiple OLE objects, with heuristics indicating ".objupdate" forces OLE activation and the presence of Composite Monikers. ClamAV signatures identify the embedded content as Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0, suggesting an exploit targeting spreadsheet functionality. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, with the embedded OLE object serving as the malicious payload.

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0
  • \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 5 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml In RTF body

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00003d13.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x3D13 32827 bytes
SHA-256: d2bca5d335f53831f4629032535adbea7cd3ad94b28c6db7c4182fe463628911
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
objdata_03_off000447c2.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x447C2 32827 bytes
SHA-256: 3c64053170fc22adac572f03b361cb00da82487924f7e4af8513715ceab02d1d
Detection
ClamAV: Xls.Malware.Sload-7135989-0
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely