MALICIOUS
160
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious File
The RTF document contains multiple indicators of exploiting the Equation Editor vulnerability, including OLE object data and automatic linking. The critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR heuristic strongly suggests this is the primary attack vector. The presence of OLE objects and the objupdate flag indicate that the embedded object is designed to be activated, likely leading to the execution of a secondary payload. No specific family could be identified, and no further IOCs were extracted.
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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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
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
objdata_00_off00000912.bin22b89a584b3a5b61d7dd7f83dbf132cbf1b12b88fa535ba63da69c57d3ab0289 |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x912 | 1393 bytes |
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