MALICIOUS
220
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious File
The file is an RTF document containing an embedded OLE object that leverages the Equation Editor vulnerability (CVE-2017-11882). The presence of RTF_OBJDATA, RTF_OBJAUTLINK, RTF_OBJUPDATE, and specifically the RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR heuristic, along with the ClamAV detection name, strongly indicates exploitation of this known vulnerability. This technique is commonly used to deliver a second-stage payload.
Heuristics 5
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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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ClamAV: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6584355-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6584355-1
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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_off0000005e.bineb8a99b8ecbfa97dde83846dbe0527f229038e56924fe988737897098926382e |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x5E | 4150 bytes |
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