Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf9cafac260ef542…

MALICIOUS

RTF

512.4 KB First seen: 2024-06-13
MD5: ab6398c625d0ae23c0582ad07d044581 SHA-1: 6ddf98fe6fa9686a7019f145e2c940e7824c1067 SHA-256: cf9cafac260ef5428520c191088faa50aee7cac01a016250a7d7682e8db7853c
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains OLE object data and is configured to automatically update and activate these objects, a common technique for embedding and executing malicious content. The document body provides a lure related to financial auditing, instructing the user to 'click Enable editing', which is a typical social engineering tactic to bypass macro security settings and allow for the execution of embedded malicious code.

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00015f96.bin
b4a99571e474cd0c254db7c10a5418970f286d2f902039745061fbe1a1745e3e
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x15F96 1869 bytes