Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf3c83fa264d0928…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

4.0 KB
MD5: 7c4a4d393e2c9d5597d9bb57534a7317 SHA-1: b62e84134c3f27539d68f82ea94460b8f5bf3bc0 SHA-256: cf3c83fa264d0928b5ac158079ad8061fc6c25243fdb9b1dc2d8e5b5468611ae
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is an RTF document containing OLE object data, specifically targeting the Equation Editor vulnerability. The presence of `RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR` and `RTF_OBJUPDATE` heuristics indicates that the document is designed to exploit this vulnerability, likely leading to the execution of a malicious payload. The `RTF_OBJDATA` heuristic further confirms the embedding of OLE objects, which are commonly used to deliver exploits.

Heuristics 3

  • Split hex Equation Editor ProgID + OLE object critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    RTF embeds the Equation.3 ProgID as hex bytes near OLE object activation and splits the byte stream with whitespace or an ignorable RTF group. This is an Equation Editor OLE activation surface commonly used by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 exploit documents.
  • \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 2 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off000000c2.bin
c17b7bbba1f20a69332c3ecc28bfb7d2db2a34d7874c408ad047d98ffe18ee7f
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xC2 1825 bytes