MALICIOUS
140
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1559 Component Object Model Hijacking
The sample is an RTF document that contains an embedded OLE object with an Equation Editor ProgID, indicating an attempt to exploit CVE-2017-11882. The \objupdate directive forces OLE activation, and the SE_ENABLE_LURE heuristic suggests the document prompts the user to enable content. This combination strongly suggests the document is a lure to trigger an exploit that likely downloads and executes a second-stage 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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\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
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Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LUREDocument instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
objdata_00_off0000567e.bine0dfdaa42b51952186dda66370266ca33e91c3fee464fc6937a7c682afa7d486 |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x567E | 1596 bytes |
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