MALICIOUS
180
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 User Execution: Malicious Link
T1059.005 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic
T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking
The RTF document contains an embedded OLE object with a split Equation Editor ProgID, a known technique for exploiting Equation Editor vulnerabilities. The document body presents a plausible lure, an academic assignment, instructing the user to 'Enable editing' to bypass security measures. This combination strongly suggests an attempt to exploit the Equation Editor vulnerability to execute a malicious payload.
Heuristics 5
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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 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 |
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objdata_00_off000051fd.bin2e2899089fe61539d5cc8e821216ee2d8f631beb08c33c031a9069cf2bcb50d2 |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x51FD | 1694 bytes |
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