Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b98efd783f962c8c…

MALICIOUS

RTF

572.6 KB First seen: 2019-04-18
MD5: 25b3480ddaf8db61e11318746fd4dd49 SHA-1: 57436fbfe04a10708f604a0882706ac3b4f8fa60 SHA-256: b98efd783f962c8c5a2f12570b1a2be2583e168861c44f1fc6694828912623a4
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is an RTF document containing OLE object data, which is a known vector for exploiting the Equation Editor vulnerability (CVE-2017-11882). The critical ClamAV detection confirms this specific exploit. The embedded OLE object is designed to trigger code execution upon activation, likely leading to the download and execution of a secondary payload.

Heuristics 3

  • 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000004ae.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x4AE 4658 bytes
SHA-256: 50155351febd07ab219f2e5ec92b67df7865c843b2c9e2efec1fe787ffa2638e