MALICIOUS
180
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link
T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File
T1566 Phishing
T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment
The sample is an RTF document that uses an Equation Editor exploit, indicated by the RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR heuristic. It also employs a lure to enable editing and macros, a common technique for malware droppers. The embedded OLE object data and automatic linking further suggest malicious intent, likely to execute a secondary payload.
Heuristics 5
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Split hex Equation Editor ProgID + OLE object critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITORRTF 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.
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Automatically linked OLE object high RTF_OBJAUTLINKRTF contains \objautlink — an automatically linked OLE object surface that can be updated or activated when Word opens the document.
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\objupdate forces OLE activation high RTF_OBJUPDATERTF contains \objupdate — forces automatic OLE object instantiation when the document is opened, bypassing user interaction. Almost exclusively seen in Equation Editor exploit documents.
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OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATARTF contains 1 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
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Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LUREDocument instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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objdata_00_off0000504b.bin1cd2d59c1629fb19693229af1a3813494113d81d698af6ad30c5da83bc06150b |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x504B | 1978 bytes |
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