Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e47575915192ad80…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

569.6 KB
MD5: 74605fba086c3ba119c777d85bec92d3 SHA-1: 26f6a364fc2e02a7c4f72d9ce9d8136dcf0de0a4 SHA-256: e47575915192ad80c91115c3600e9fcf9d631e8222fcbfecfe4522cc79017640
129 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is an RTF document that contains an embedded OLE object, specifically triggering critical heuristics related to Equation Editor exploitation. The ".objupdate" directive indicates that the embedded object is designed to be activated automatically, likely leading to the execution of malicious code. The presence of the Equation Editor CLSID strongly suggests an attempt to leverage CVE-2017-11882 or a similar vulnerability for arbitrary code execution.

Heuristics 4

  • Equation Editor CLSID critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    Equation Editor OLE CLSID found inside an OLE object — exploited by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 / CVE-2018-0798
  • \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
  • 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_off000009b0.bin
634a80a21740a67d4d2f60911f253602a266aa2998519bf863df4cdd3cad9ea6
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x9B0 129085 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.97, consistent with packed or encrypted content.