Malicious RTF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd9bdd96b1e82e08…

MALICIOUS

RTF

339.2 KB
MD5: 77f1129f9b0b0278d36062ad85fc6f42 SHA-1: 01c1dccd105aa5bd9144e9c849c95c0ba79c8b98 SHA-256: fd9bdd96b1e82e08a1a15288a30de9e17779211cf6845ea284655fee90148e11
162 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is an RTF document exhibiting high-confidence indicators of maliciousness, specifically the embedding and automatic updating of OLE objects. ClamAV identifies it as Rtf.Dropper.Agent-7652589-0, suggesting its primary function is to act as a dropper. The presence of OLE object data and automatic linking points towards an attempt to execute embedded or linked content, likely a second-stage payload. No document body text or scripts were extracted, limiting further analysis of the specific lure or payload mechanism.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Rtf.Dropper.Agent-7652589-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Rtf.Dropper.Agent-7652589-0
  • Automatically linked OLE object high RTF_OBJAUTLINK
    RTF contains \objautlink — an automatically linked OLE object surface that can be updated or activated when Word opens the document.
  • \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_off00001ee8.bin
766c474b658eaa5ae834697a03286ee5e8f5f5f9a13fdc7d992aa5d963e31d9a
rtf-objdata-decoded RTF \objdata at offset 0x1EE8 169712 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.