MALICIOUS
162
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
The RTF file contains embedded OLE object data and is configured to automatically update and activate an OLE object. This is indicative of an exploit targeting CVE-2017-0199, which is known to weaponize URLs. The embedded URL http://bellasimpson.com/abc.hta is likely the target of this exploit, intended to download and execute a malicious HTA payload.
Heuristics 5
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CVE-2017-0199 (OLE2Link / weaponized URL) critical CVE exact CVE_2017_0199_WEAPONIZED_URLRTF contains a URL Moniker OLE link to a script/HTA/template-style remote loader, matching the tighter static CVE-2017-0199 shape.
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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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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.URL http://bellasimpson.com/abc.hta In RTF body
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
objdata_00_off0000003f.bin |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x3F | 2611 bytes |
SHA-256: da7e621436481b1c9956fda5d81fc382a721878e122a1f6d367bd980b9554a23 |
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