Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8dca1637184327f…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

1.93 MB
MD5: 9c245d978c53949241e96b53f565a9a0 SHA-1: 3859c7450179c4d7ec7f7fc8f5d161f1674f886d SHA-256: d8dca1637184327ff59dfebda5b0cbc210a7f9c8d5c88c167a527a896003909d
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The RTF document contains multiple embedded OLE objects, with one specifically triggered by \objupdate, indicating an attempt to execute embedded code. The extracted script content, although partially obfuscated, contains references to 'wscript.exe' and 'shell.exe', suggesting it attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of embedded OLE objects and the script's execution intent strongly point towards a malicious document designed for payload delivery.

Heuristics 4

  • \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
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00000b2b.bin
704481d306f840f90bbbbde37c21c6194e90679179faa288ca50aa8f0b7e0572
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xB2B 7384 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 shell/COM execution token(s).
objdata_01_off00004e5b.bin
44eb1fd26b9b589c2f535750285b6140650e94baa38bb4ec763dcc0c19a8c666
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x4E5B 126 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 shell/COM execution token(s).
objdata_02_off00005d2d.bin
d7c7498c38be6ae358e3abe759973a2a120f0d9d4b41fe055f4235c1dab1a56a
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x5D2D 475446 bytes