MALICIOUS
180
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1559.001 Component Object Model
The sample is an RTF document containing an embedded OLE object that leverages the Equation Editor vulnerability (CVE-2017-11882). The presence of ".objdata" and ".objupdate" sections, along with the specific ProgID "eqUAtIOn.3", strongly indicates exploitation of this known flaw. This technique is commonly used to achieve arbitrary code execution on the victim's machine.
Heuristics 5
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Equation Editor activation — CVE-2017-11882 related high CVE_2017_11882_ACTIVATION_RELATEDRTF decodes to an Equation.3 ProgID and requests OLE activation with \objemb plus \objupdate. This reaches the legacy Equation Editor attack surface used by CVE-2017-11882/CVE-2018-0802 documents, but the malformed MTEF/native payload needed for stronger attribution was not recovered.
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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
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Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMBRTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
objdata_00_off00001fe7.bin178b7e1701268b095f96523a6a68f07b30e17983c111e413474acb1b18053fc0 |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x1FE7 | 1816 bytes |
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