MALICIOUS
160
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
The RTF file contains embedded OLE object data and triggers automatic linking and updates, indicative of exploitation. Specifically, the critical heuristic firing for CVE-2017-11882 confirms the use of this known vulnerability in the Equation Editor. This exploit is commonly used to achieve arbitrary code execution, typically to download and run a malicious second-stage payload.
Heuristics 4
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CVE-2017-11882 — Equation Editor FONT record overflow critical CVE likely CVE_2017_11882Equation Editor MTEF contains an overlong FONT typeface field, the vulnerable copy primitive for CVE-2017-11882. This is stronger evidence than the Equation Editor CLSID alone because it identifies the malformed record that drives code execution in EQNEDT32.EXE.
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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_off00001979.bin8dcde7121f557e44ab449c49f6eca34bbb2d9371bd10e6e6ca8f64b737530a1a |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x1979 | 3654 bytes |
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