Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c049635bfa837940…

MALICIOUS

RTF

20.6 KB First seen: 2023-02-24
MD5: d7f6edced41efc6e538c07695b3da116 SHA-1: 1c9ca6812107401675a63534e278c3baa77f2008 SHA-256: c049635bfa8379404b0536994db0efd83e9cf0c91104853b2f6a19ef4fadfcb7
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains OLE object data and uses an \objupdate directive, indicating an attempt to exploit a vulnerability to activate embedded content. The presence of RTF_OLE10NATIVE_STREAM further confirms the embedding of an OLE object. This suggests the file is designed to deliver a secondary payload, likely through a downloaded executable, by leveraging these RTF-specific vulnerabilities.

Heuristics 3

  • Ole10Native stream in RTF OLE object high CVE related RTF_OLE10NATIVE_STREAM
    RTF contains an embedded OLE object with an Ole10Native stream. This is a strong payload-container signal and is related to Word/OLE exploit delivery, but it is not specific enough on its own to assign a CVE.
  • \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_off00000738.bin
4722dfaf4f794d8cd3bd1a000de6add5fdb1606cb9c9d74a6a532a05475abb61
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x738 4187 bytes