Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4a63dcfd079396e…

MALICIOUS

RTF

437.2 KB First seen: 2024-06-06
MD5: e7b1cf4b76def016284ea19d18724961 SHA-1: 426dd7535646fb296107795224b727c3d310aa64 SHA-256: d4a63dcfd079396e2b4aec12444dffb34c86afa42b0a39bc48660d8e0dc917a7
80 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 uses an \objupdate directive, indicating an attempt to activate embedded objects. The document body provides a lure related to financial auditing to encourage users to enable editing, a common tactic for malware droppers. No specific scripts or URLs were extracted, limiting further analysis of the payload.

Heuristics 3

  • \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_off00013ff4.bin
bdc7fa909709d86cd36487c438ad6fd906a4716d864ab78e58a62f280b1331ae
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x13FF4 1650 bytes