Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c489aca5571eb078…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

98.1 KB First seen: 2026-02-12
MD5: 4405ef94b5d7f86fda510ea82bb6d06a SHA-1: 1e86eebfee79d27cd92bded8b1039a286f7de7d2 SHA-256: c489aca5571eb078a4f49dca031cd30ede179b523d0b9e2d231544bb234b39ec
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking T1204.002 Malicious File

The RTF document contains OLE object data that is automatically linked and updated, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities associated with OLE object activation. The presence of `RTF_OBJDATA`, `RTF_OBJAUTLINK`, `RTF_OBJUPDATE`, and `RTF_OLE10NATIVE_STREAM` heuristics strongly suggests that the embedded OLE object is designed to execute malicious code upon opening the document. No scripts were extracted, and the document body content is heavily obfuscated and truncated, preventing a more specific analysis of the payload's intent.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • Automatically linked OLE object high RTF_OBJAUTLINK
    RTF contains \objautlink — an automatically linked OLE object surface that can be updated or activated when Word opens the document.
  • \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_off00000df3.bin
c1e96dcae1094b8fc08d351b6c6ee6a702e85bf109dabf299e35c7a2fd35135e
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xDF3 4174 bytes