MALICIOUS
121
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
The sample is an RTF document that leverages the Equation Editor vulnerability (CVE-2017-11882), as indicated by the RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR and RTF_OBJUPDATE heuristic firings. The presence of OLE object data suggests it's designed to embed and execute malicious content. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting this known vulnerability to achieve code execution, likely for downloading and running a subsequent stage.
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_off00001b4a.bin1618cbba2c1da83840d8140b6c54d77fc8b5d1d2da4bf04819c96210a94640bd |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x1B4A | 1865 bytes |
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