MALICIOUS
160
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious File
The RTF document contains embedded OLE objects, specifically triggering heuristics related to the Equation Editor vulnerability. The presence of `RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR` and `RTF_OBJAUTLINK` strongly suggests exploitation of a known flaw in the Equation Editor component to achieve arbitrary code execution. The `RTF_OBJUPDATE` heuristic indicates that the embedded object is designed to be activated automatically upon opening the document, likely leading to the download or execution of a secondary payload.
Heuristics 4
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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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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 2 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
objdata_00_off0000162d.bin145b9fbf599bc6c3fec0a283646a1d9e44c2e85dba9f9930319598843c447106 |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x162D | 1540 bytes |
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