Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb5a9fba4ce05de5…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

226.9 KB
MD5: f78f66f9deff0cdf80e47c0a8d1ad2fc SHA-1: 94f5867ae879f17fab1f605d7b1d2166248a75e7 SHA-256: bb5a9fba4ce05de5d8bb2faa9c2bf65e14c46a447f87ea782101e06f9bd79336
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.005 Visual Basic

The RTF document contains multiple embedded OLE objects, with one being automatically linked and another triggering an update, indicating an attempt to activate embedded content. The presence of a 'Macro/content-enable lure' heuristic further suggests the document is designed to trick the user into enabling malicious content. While no specific scripts were extracted, the OLE object activation and lure point towards a downloader or dropper functionality.

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.
  • Automatically linked OLE object high RTF_OBJAUTLINK
    RTF contains \objautlink — an automatically linked OLE object surface that can be updated or activated when Word opens the document.
  • \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
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000965.bin
3842fc1eaf2a53c2ea7e379ed41c4a9b8facf41e8bbf9248662fbf94469287ec
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x965 19472 bytes
objdata_01_off0000a83c.bin
18cff8ef194415d33763880bf64011d23305e4b9143b76244b89e1c53b70a0d5
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xA83C 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off0000bddf.bin
44deae4627fee3c44f54d5bd10477ec2e17f4c08135f08e2417832e36d10d037
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xBDDF 12297 bytes