Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea6269300a84f676…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

228.6 KB
MD5: 4b6b36751c6b94190a4ffd8cf8859758 SHA-1: b1771187bcd8c9dc333b90131acd3a71e315c111 SHA-256: ea6269300a84f6764e771f3c560da1a639272149302d51a1e31bbee034691944
122 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The RTF file contains an embedded OLE object with a suspicious Equation Editor ProgID, indicating an attempt to exploit the Equation Editor vulnerability (CVE-2017-11882). The \objupdate directive suggests that the embedded object is automatically activated upon opening the document, leading to arbitrary code execution. The extracted artifact is a large, high-entropy binary, likely the payload.

Heuristics 4

  • Split hex Equation Editor ProgID + OLE object critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR
    RTF embeds the Equation.3 ProgID as hex bytes near OLE object activation and splits the byte stream with whitespace or an ignorable RTF group. This is an Equation Editor OLE activation surface commonly used by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 exploit documents.
  • \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_off00000063.bin
539ae00dfc41a80fe768abd9feaec271ffd987dedb93228c506851f061b2714a
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x63 116881 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.