Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2cc25403ae69178…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

1.87 MB
MD5: 31f54cfb6359bdab042cdc879961a937 SHA-1: 3adb876395c38c0f56964aca08b5c9c8fe069756 SHA-256: c2cc25403ae69178500c522c7d88e8e3f4f5d0c25a27624b6ddba51114ebc242
300 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1559.002 Component Object Model Hijacking

The RTF file contains multiple indicators of exploitation, including OLE object data, composite monikers, and excessive hex data, strongly suggesting the presence of a hidden payload. The critical ClamAV detection of 'Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2018_0802-6825822-0' confirms the exploitation of a known vulnerability in the Equation Editor. The file likely serves as a dropper for a secondary malicious payload.

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Equation Editor CLSID critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    Equation Editor OLE CLSID found inside an OLE object — exploited by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 / CVE-2018-0798
  • ClamAV: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2018_0802-6825822-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2018_0802-6825822-0
  • \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.
  • Large hex data blocks in OLE object high RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX
    RTF contains ~1958KB of hex-encoded data inside \objdata sections — may hide a payload
  • 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_off000000b4.bin
9a231533de93c778e1e113e316798dfb7ab4f383aa4651db7e24cd262cd0151f
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xB4 979553 bytes