MALICIOUS
120
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link
The sample is an RTF document that contains embedded OLE object data, specifically targeting the Equation Editor vulnerability. The \objupdate directive indicates that the embedded object will be activated automatically, likely leading to the execution of a secondary payload. The critical heuristic firing for RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR strongly suggests exploitation of this known vulnerability. While no specific family is identified, the attack pattern is consistent with a malicious document designed to exploit this flaw for initial execution.
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_off00001d23.bine98dc457e372012f2ba78524e970ba8c68a2bcc608be8d0c968708359f21c09f |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x1D23 | 1644 bytes |
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