MALICIOUS
120
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
The RTF file contains embedded OLE object data and triggers an ".objupdate" call, indicating an attempt to activate embedded content. The critical heuristic firing for 'RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR' specifically points to a known vulnerability in Microsoft Equation Editor, which is commonly exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution. This technique is often used as a first stage to download and execute further malicious components.
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_off0000007f.binf9c99f67f35a6e3d196c90dff1bc1fb5d2acbcab06a587b4b4c4f4555b054a7e |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x7F | 1653 bytes |
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