MALICIOUS
120
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1059.001 PowerShell
The sample is an RTF document that contains embedded OLE object data and triggers an objupdate event, indicating an attempt to exploit the Equation Editor vulnerability. This exploit is known to lead to the execution of arbitrary code, likely for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The critical heuristic firing for RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR strongly supports this attack pattern.
Heuristics 3
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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 2 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
objdata_00_off00002023.binfc8ef6bb39c8e1f9e2073035292e2195e6ec301ed06ebb887145bf15656b1790 |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x2023 | 1750 bytes |
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