MALICIOUS
140
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 User Execution
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1059.005 Visual Basic
The file is an RTF document containing an embedded OLE object that exploits a vulnerability in the Equation Editor. The document body contains a lure instructing the user to 'Enable editing', which is a common tactic to bypass security measures. The presence of RTF_OBJDATA, RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR, and RTF_OBJUPDATE heuristics strongly indicates an attempt to exploit the Equation Editor vulnerability. The SE_ENABLE_LURE heuristic further supports the social engineering aspect of this attack.
Heuristics 4
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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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
objdata_00_off0000348a.bin3dc51a80c61c8491aca4dc4b208f7abf0de9ddcd6df93eac3759595733a4ed60 |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0x348A | 1346 bytes |
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