Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd9ff68cc20c6fb4…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

276.4 KB Created: 2022-06-01 10:55:00 First seen: 2022-06-02
MD5: ca395a8120f7b895e6525791fc7fb137 SHA-1: 26bcb8302e790ef2d0f66cbe1902c3d8e1a3008a SHA-256: cd9ff68cc20c6fb43cc8fb316f3eb6352d63fcc9c02100402cc3625e7fae31f0
202 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The RTF document contains multiple indicators of malicious OLE object embedding and activation, specifically triggering the CVE-2017-8759 vulnerability. This vulnerability is known to be used for arbitrary code execution. The document body attempts to lure the user into opening the embedded object by presenting itself as a tax invoice. The embedded object, objdata_00_off0000ae0b.bin, is likely the payload.

Heuristics 7

  • CVE-2017-8759 — MSXML SAX OLE activation critical CVE likely CVE_2017_8759
    RTF contains a hex-encoded OLE1 object for Msxml2.SAXXMLReader.6.0 followed by an embedded OLE compound document, and the document requests OLE activation. This matches the RTF staging shape used for CVE-2017-8759 SOAP/WSDL parser code injection.
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml}}\paperw12240\paperh15840\margl1440\margr1440\margt1440\margb1440\gutter0\ltrsect

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off0000ae0b.bin
e249778fc2fad87d2d403de1263d39e472d6e989e5cc33a3e49a8940a4d6f423
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xAE0B 24247 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 shell/COM execution token(s).
objdata_01_off000173ab.bin
dd004dba58b2c656e3d355d24a17308be9b6544ee8ace220ec7787c93dcaad64
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x173AB 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off0001894e.bin
44deae4627fee3c44f54d5bd10477ec2e17f4c08135f08e2417832e36d10d037
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x1894E 12297 bytes