Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfc82cb1e236a5a7…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

241.5 KB
MD5: 9f808fffcc7a5d5ab32bb8434dd8a21f SHA-1: b6b233c722e662e40528e2a5f0e767df170a19b0 SHA-256: cfc82cb1e236a5a7d72c34f974bd0292c9b1ef6181f7f1a4e591aa3b17024158
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.005 Visual Basic T1204.002 Malicious File

The RTF document contains multiple embedded OLE objects, with specific heuristics indicating automatic linking and update triggers. This suggests the document is designed to exploit OLE object activation to execute arbitrary code. The 'SE_ENABLE_LURE' heuristic further confirms that the document likely contains instructions to the user to enable content, a common social engineering tactic for malware delivery. The exact payload or execution method is not detailed by the heuristics, hence the family is unknown.

Heuristics 6

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

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000969.bin
348e46bfb9f8bf3efcf865a01b05f9edfdce63110a83885db93faecfff6edc92
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x969 26654 bytes
objdata_01_off0000e29a.bin
9d9bc825f2fa5e0ed8db7dce6823e199ad9c775873472d42887214589f205470
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xE29A 2632 bytes
objdata_02_off0000f83d.bin
44deae4627fee3c44f54d5bd10477ec2e17f4c08135f08e2417832e36d10d037
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xF83D 12297 bytes