Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bef062dd983cc0c9…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

17.9 KB
MD5: 4e4c89d70d56499bedde584f27f2b529 SHA-1: a31fe60e409de319f6b6003bf010c7b0e680ecf0 SHA-256: bef062dd983cc0c98b43c1a10c919d10f55952018121df9b4e0d1e7f9002a536
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is an RTF document containing OLE object data, specifically triggering critical heuristics for Equation Editor exploitation and object update activation. This indicates the document is designed to exploit a vulnerability, likely CVE-2017-11882, to execute code. The presence of OLE object data suggests a mechanism for embedding and executing malicious content, commonly used for downloading and running secondary payloads.

Heuristics 3

  • 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 2 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000bd5.bin
a303c81cac7656edd484cef763d5bb01491e0776ca73e5677e106267e4f0884b
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xBD5 2109 bytes