MALICIOUS
120
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
The sample is an RTF document containing an embedded OLE object that exploits a known vulnerability in the Equation Editor component. The presence of RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR and RTF_OBJUPDATE heuristics indicates an attempt to trigger code execution. The RTF_OBJDATA heuristic confirms the presence of embedded object data, which is likely used to deliver the exploit. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, with the embedded exploit serving to download and execute a secondary payload.
Heuristics 3
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Split hex Equation Editor ProgID + OLE object critical CVE likely 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
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
objdata_00_off00030eaa.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x30EAA | 2191 bytes |
SHA-256: 15becfaefb7200db1e850a5738d1a620da2623afbe95d32ae265b1e66fafeb8a |
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