MALICIOUS
120
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File
The sample is an RTF document that contains embedded OLE object data, specifically triggering the Equation Editor vulnerability. The \objupdate directive forces the activation of this embedded object, leading to code execution. This is a common technique for delivering secondary payloads, though no specific payload or download URL was directly extracted from this sample. The heuristics strongly indicate exploitation of the Equation Editor.
Heuristics 3
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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 2 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
objdata_00_off00000625.bin7d3cd5138a5d089c42b694d50a23916e74d47586fdf4c90ef53a01d946a12de1 |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x625 | 1843 bytes |
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