Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1822d2225469d38…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

66.0 KB
MD5: 041b403058b2c47bcaa7583b6e403d27 SHA-1: 6281111e64fbf765a37244f1ee9e3f21b18c38da SHA-256: c1822d2225469d381b72ceb31bd37b17f3924cae89416e65b79904b4d4ad0504
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The RTF file contains an embedded OLE object with a split Equation Editor ProgID, indicating exploitation of CVE-2017-11882. The ".objupdate" directive forces OLE activation, leading to the execution of the embedded object. This is a common delivery mechanism for malware that aims to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 5

  • 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 1 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000043.bin
6bc32f12d79cbbd49bb32155bf0f8bfb1ef72f71f0f847e53c4ef0ddeb0d498e
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x43 33618 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.