Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb836996444ea64c…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

383.4 KB
MD5: 5df14cb789ee01b67735ba23305de747 SHA-1: 5a4625123ef72011c598811b56c29879aebc38af SHA-256: cb836996444ea64cbbc74d40ae7a98f45a0ba279176f9b453ab7bcf62a144ded
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The RTF document contains multiple embedded OLE objects, with specific heuristics indicating the use of ".objupdate" and Composite Monikers, strongly suggesting an exploit targeting OLE object activation. One of the extracted artifacts, objdata_00_off000007de.bin, is flagged as suspicious due to script execution terms. This indicates the document is likely designed to trick the user into activating the OLE object, which then executes malicious code, potentially leading to further compromise.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • \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 3 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000007de.bin
f25b9b7ad4988bfaee763db105b79008f68fdcad569b443036907a883e85cd82
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x7DE 97369 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 shell/COM execution token(s).
objdata_01_off00031f9b.bin
ad7bf1923f855fca5949d0c557a2a819b106cd84b204870bcc59064eb0c6e331
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x31F9B 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off0003353e.bin
44deae4627fee3c44f54d5bd10477ec2e17f4c08135f08e2417832e36d10d037
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x3353E 12297 bytes