Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0f587d98a7b3081…

MALICIOUS

RTF

3.3 KB First seen: 2023-08-01
MD5: 14f3f5d1fa15a84d0408683136ecf11b SHA-1: a2b5c457c68e25733bb3c304921bd1c17f5df7c8 SHA-256: d0f587d98a7b30811509fca9474b18611712db554e7f80a72f7ff759fae1008f
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF document contains OLE object data and triggers automatic linking and updates, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities associated with embedded OLE objects. This suggests a delivery mechanism for malicious content, likely intended to be executed automatically upon opening the document.

Heuristics 3

  • 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off0000008f.bin
2048f3efba9f38eef2069dbef7817120136d1b331e51a252edac74512f0218f2
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x8F 1589 bytes