Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8d2face6e4faf0d…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

1.03 MB First seen: 2023-09-20
MD5: 4bdfe31a28c97a3522eb879d11e3d801 SHA-1: f9f445487151615e4438bbc9083229172171e60d SHA-256: d8d2face6e4faf0d4306f70d500a7351fc98ee6386ebf9336869b82179996c28
122 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF file contains embedded OLE objects, with heuristics indicating the presence of large hex-encoded data blocks and an \objupdate command designed to force OLE activation. This strongly suggests the file is a container for a malicious payload, likely delivered as an attachment. The embedded artifact, objdata_00_off0000008f.bin, is likely the payload itself.

Heuristics 5

  • \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.
  • Large hex data blocks in OLE object high RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX
    RTF contains ~1079KB of hex-encoded data inside \objdata sections — may hide a payload
  • OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA
    RTF contains 1 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off0000008f.bin
3bd25bc911a0781e827f956b9acee8cd9ea9aca9e469987c4c0b92be44225c22
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x8F 539896 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.