Malicious RTF / .DOC — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc99aff8cd567a00…

MALICIOUS

RTF / .DOC

29.2 KB
MD5: dd5166a7d986e855a683674633f9b3c0 SHA-1: ee171c1663f3b345cffcb57b639d299bfa5ff6bc SHA-256: fc99aff8cd567a002505913cf66c6cd33bbe2588387794f4523586fb1cca3fbf
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The file is an RTF document that contains embedded OLE object data, specifically triggering critical heuristics for Equation Editor exploitation and OLE object activation. This indicates the document is designed to exploit a vulnerability, likely CVE-2017-11882, to achieve code execution. The embedded OLE object data suggests the document attempts to download and execute a secondary payload.

Heuristics 3

  • 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 2 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objdata_00_off0000113f.bin
0c139840b26a066a36a27ee3749eb6efccb0cff6f5ea2c854b9a9612ee7d426a
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x113F 1676 bytes