Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f115add1656c5135…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

3.65 MB
MD5: 626a4131e704b08e546a1dfd6011aa41 SHA-1: 40cbdb6ad11bc1c4f49e6128435e4c951656d740 SHA-256: f115add1656c5135bf087fc3f22c5323de94a7cf1f2520236257bdb9a493556a
322 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1559 Component Object Model Hijacking T1559.001 Component Object Model

The file is an RTF document containing embedded OLE objects, specifically triggering heuristics related to the Equation Editor vulnerability (CVE-2017-11882). ClamAV also explicitly detects this known exploit. The presence of large, hex-encoded data within the OLE object suggests it is used to hide a malicious payload, likely delivered via the exploited vulnerability.

Heuristics 9

  • Composite Moniker in RTF OLE object high CVE related RTF_COMPOSITE_MONIKER_RELATED
    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.
  • Ole10Native stream in RTF OLE object high CVE related RTF_OLE10NATIVE_STREAM
    RTF contains an embedded OLE object with an Ole10Native stream. This is a strong payload-container signal and is related to Word/OLE exploit delivery, but it is not specific enough on its own to assign a CVE.
  • 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
  • ClamAV: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6584355-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6584355-1
  • \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 ~3827KB of hex-encoded data inside \objdata sections — may hide a payload
  • OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA
    RTF contains 2 \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_off0000009c.bin
49d38e90ecf47ef821cd510865023b2befa71bfabf3882c08d8b868b1d8cfecf
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x9C 1913922 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.98, consistent with packed or encrypted content.