MALICIOUS
120
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link
T1566 Phishing
T1204.002 Malicious File
The RTF document contains an embedded OLE object with a CLSID indicative of the Equation Editor vulnerability. The presence of \objupdate suggests that the embedded object is designed to be activated, likely leading to the exploitation of the Equation Editor vulnerability. This is a common technique for delivering a malicious payload.
Heuristics 3
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Equation Editor CLSID critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOREquation Editor OLE CLSID found inside an OLE object — exploited by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 / CVE-2018-0798
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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_off0000009a.bin9d359a842db54ff59fb514c7078895de32894184148de259e2634456837588ee |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x9A | 32705 bytes |
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