MALICIOUS
140
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
The RTF document contains an OLE object with a split Equation Editor ProgID, indicating an attempt to exploit a known vulnerability. The presence of \objupdate and a lure to 'Enable editing' strongly suggests the document is designed to trigger an exploit, likely for downloading a second-stage payload. The document body itself is a lure, presenting academic content to mask the malicious intent.
Heuristics 4
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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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\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 |
|---|---|---|---|
objdata_00_off00004206.bin89f1ec64c990dc36db29c98780371790b6510a1a405cfd15752d52ab6807706d |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x4206 | 1241 bytes |
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