Xls.Dropper.Agent-7648271-0 — RTF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2d10a2174a73424…

MALICIOUS

RTF

467.6 KB Created: 2019-01-07 23:54:00
MD5: dfc2fcca20e81347984e93504b287f1f SHA-1: 6ce788c47e47a4a5b03399036381fbdc95ef4af4 SHA-256: d2d10a2174a734249f9985a339b5b1ea0f975a4980892e9223dfe3add7a6cc42
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Xls.Dropper.Agent-7648271-0 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1559 Component Object Model and Distributed Component Object Model T1559.001 Component Object Model

The RTF file contains multiple embedded OLE objects, with specific heuristics indicating the use of ".objdata" and ".objupdate" to force OLE activation. ClamAV detection identifies the file as 'Xls.Dropper.Agent-7648271-0', suggesting it's a dropper for an Excel-based payload. The presence of a package object class further supports the malicious intent of embedding and executing external content.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Xls.Dropper.Agent-7648271-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Dropper.Agent-7648271-0
  • \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.
  • Package object class high RTF_OBJCLASS_PACKAGE
    OLE Package object — can wrap arbitrary files
  • OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA
    RTF contains 5 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000a80.bin
d86ef93bd07e5670b561b98f184f11fb940659fa6bfc9a73bfa67bb504e8b6e7
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xA80 34875 bytes