MALICIOUS
122
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1059.001 PowerShell
The RTF file contains an embedded OLE object that decodes to a PE file, indicating an exploit targeting the Equation Editor. The ".objupdate" heuristic suggests that the OLE object is activated automatically upon opening the document, leading to the execution of the embedded payload. The decoded object is a suspicious artifact, likely a second-stage downloader or payload.
Heuristics 4
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Decoded Equation Editor payload + PE critical RTF_EQUATION_EDITORRTF decodes to an Equation Editor ProgID adjacent to OLE activation and the same decoded object stream contains embedded PE bytes. This matches the Equation Editor exploit surface used by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 documents, while requiring payload evidence to avoid flagging benign Equation references.
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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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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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objdata_00_off00000042.bin4868801e6e51ce3b1babe9543cb56b6dc71ccb7658dd7864ac423c4d5e2618a7 |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x42 | 67023 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
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