Win.Trojan.Elpapok-1 — RTF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2bcc938c4c74237…

MALICIOUS

RTF

10.2 KB First seen: 2015-09-20
MD5: 152143eee1aa66a1e521d38f2dbc0390 SHA-1: 408fdebc4a15a55feeaf2621f388e3729c4bda8e SHA-256: c2bcc938c4c742376f762db0e4d1d278410336c09b5e368888bf49f5829b8a4e
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Win.Trojan.Elpapok-1 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The RTF file contains OLE object data and triggers heuristics for CVE-2012-0158, indicating exploitation of a vulnerability in Microsoft Common Controls. ClamAV detections confirm this is a known trojan, likely Win.Trojan.Elpapok-1, which often involves executing embedded shellcode.

Heuristics 3

  • MSCOMCTL.ListView — CVE-2012-0158 high CVE related CVE_2012_0158
    RTF \objdata decodes to OLE data containing the MSCOMCTL.ListView — CVE-2012-0158 CLSID — the vulnerable control/moniker is embedded directly in the document's object stream, the delivery shape of this exploit. RTF objects auto-render when Word opens the file.
  • ClamAV: BC.Legacy.Exploit.CVE_2012_0158-20 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: BC.Legacy.Exploit.CVE_2012_0158-20
  • 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_off000000a0.bin rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xA0 5067 bytes
SHA-256: 411b34b52528f2af238234e052cc5010b051cede2693f8556e8a72ef6b44553a
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.MSShellcode-6360729-4
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely