MALICIOUS
180
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1566 Phishing
The file is an RTF document that contains embedded OLE object data and triggers an objupdate event, indicating an attempt to activate embedded content. Critical heuristics identify the use of Equation Editor and specifically flag the CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability. This strongly suggests the document is designed to exploit this known vulnerability to achieve code execution, likely for the purpose of downloading and running a secondary malicious payload.
Heuristics 4
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Equation Editor CLSID critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITOREquation Editor OLE CLSID found inside an OLE object — exploited by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 / CVE-2018-0798
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ClamAV: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6584355-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Rtf.Exploit.CVE_2017_11882-6584355-1
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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_off00000c5d.binacb9c6ef09586e0f339417f144e43ebd552d20fb2c9942d8cf2914fc18586b68 |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0xC5D | 17544 bytes |
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