Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb296e84fd92cb31…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

319.1 KB
MD5: 5dcc63e01820d5a7956d406d490100f9 SHA-1: 30580f37c105e083324dc975c9c2706260a7fe62 SHA-256: cb296e84fd92cb311225524b4d0fa9960381af46dbce8eda1af170c3d4d9b0e1
222 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The RTF file contains an embedded OLE object that is automatically linked and updated, triggering activation. Critical heuristics indicate the exploitation of CVE-2017-11882 via the Equation Editor. This suggests the file is designed to exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 6

  • 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_2017_11882-6584355-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6584355-1
  • 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
  • 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_off000016ba.bin
a1daec4b7de48e2988f5dd8b239a49b54132f9d65bdaa3f1fa299807d885daee
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x16BA 160332 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.98, consistent with packed or encrypted content.