Rtf.Dropper.Agent-9965975-1 — Office (OOXML) / .DOCX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed171971d6ab74cf…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .DOCX

589.3 KB
MD5: 9285fc90d7203134a4096386fe1b2ce5 SHA-1: 59802e6daf097e68f87d3dbc480a4b5e0880c49f SHA-256: ed171971d6ab74cfd98f543aa0e239e8d81a1db70118a749744983a32a1feefb
400 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Rtf.Dropper.Agent-9965975-1 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The OOXML document contains an altChunk that imports an RTF file ('word/Grenada.rtf'). This RTF file contains OLE objects, including one that is automatically updated and executed. Heuristics indicate this OLE object contains a PE executable, suggesting the RTF acts as a dropper. ClamAV detection confirms this as 'Rtf.Dropper.Agent-9965975-1'. The embedded URL 'http://opendope.org/xpaths' is of unknown reputation and may be related to the payload delivery.

Heuristics 10

  • Composite Moniker in RTF OLE object high CVE related RTF_COMPOSITE_MONIKER_RELATED
    (in altChunk RTF word/Grenada.rtf) RTF contains Composite Moniker CLSID in OLE object context, but no nearby scriptlet/SCT payload was confirmed. Treat as related moniker attack-surface evidence rather than proof of CVE-2017-8570 exploitation.
  • altChunk imports embedded RTF (RTF injection) critical OOXML_ALTCHUNK_RTF
    Document inlines an embedded RTF via an aFChunk relationship and a <w:altChunk> body element. This is the canonical RTF-injection wrapper used to smuggle RTF exploits (Equation Editor / URL Moniker / objdata) past DOCX-only scanners. Word opens the wrapper and executes the RTF inline. Recursing into the RTF for the exact exploit primitive.
  • PE header (with DOS stub) in hex data critical RTF_MZ_HEX
    (in altChunk RTF word/Grenada.rtf) Hex-encoded PE (MZ + DOS stub) found inside RTF — likely an embedded executable payload
  • altChunk RTF auto-updates embedded executable object critical OOXML_ALTCHUNK_RTF_AUTOUPDATE_PE
    OOXML document imports an embedded RTF through altChunk; the RTF contains OLE object data, forces object update, and carries a hex-encoded PE payload. This is a stronger compound exploit-loader shape than a generic altChunk RTF wrapper, but it is not tied to a single CVE unless the nested RTF object primitive also matches one.
  • ClamAV: Rtf.Dropper.Agent-9965975-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Rtf.Dropper.Agent-9965975-1
  • \objupdate forces OLE activation high RTF_OBJUPDATE
    (in altChunk RTF word/Grenada.rtf) 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
    (in altChunk RTF word/Grenada.rtf) RTF contains ~2395KB of hex-encoded data inside \objdata sections — may hide a payload
  • OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA
    (in altChunk RTF word/Grenada.rtf) RTF contains 3 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
  • Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB
    (in altChunk RTF word/Grenada.rtf) RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://opendope.org/xpaths
    • http://opendope.org/conditions
    • http://opendope.org/questions
    • http://opendope.org/components
    • http://opendope.org/SmartArt/DataHierarchy
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/math
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/wordprocessingDrawing
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/schemaLibrary/2006/main
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/chart
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/chartDrawing
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/diagram
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/picture
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/spreadsheetDrawing
    • http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2008/diagram
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/bibliography
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/compatibility
    • http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/lockedCanvas

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off00003a12.bin
25c58b6da32ff90d0415dee2d75cd99af8d3511d7e7789fe6f65bef2967fd0d1
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x3A12 464881 bytes
objdata_01_off000e7da6.bin
8bc15288a444fb7429545ddfb3148162449d0c748f03ecaeb7710255ae2f4805
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0xE7DA6 745554 bytes
objdata_02_off0025f67c.bin
baa851e508de0c0fe3796025d004df72ceebc7132470d4cc307f31e2abe6c1fc
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x25F67C 584266 bytes