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CVE_2018_0798
What it means
MTEF Matrix record exploit signature found in Equation Editor OLE data.
Why it fires
CVE-2018-0798 is a stack buffer overflow in the Matrix record (type 0x05) parser of EQNEDT32.EXE (Microsoft Equation Editor). Public writeups describe it as affecting Equation Editor broadly, including builds patched for CVE-2017-11882 and CVE-2018-0802. The public exploit shape uses 0x60 bytes followed by 0x61 padding and a return address (0x0BFB) to hijack execution. Widely used by APT groups including Conimes, KeyBoy, Emissary Panda, and Rancor.
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