MALICIOUS
140
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1559.002 Component Object Model Hijacking
The sample is a Microsoft Word document containing an embedded Equation Editor OLE object. Heuristics indicate this object exploits CVE-2017-11882, a known vulnerability in Microsoft Equation Editor. The presence of the 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic suggests the document may also contain instructions to decrypt or handle a password-protected archive, likely containing the final payload. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was truncated, but the exploit itself is sufficient for a high-confidence assessment.
Heuristics 3
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Equation Editor Ole10Native payload — CVE-2017-11882 critical CVE likely CVE_2017_11882_EQUATION_OLE10NATIVEAn embedded Microsoft Equation 3.0 object (CLSID 0002CE02-0000-0000-C000-000000000046) carries an Ole10Native packager stream instead of the normal Equation Native/MTEF data. This is the weaponized Equation Editor RCE delivery shape used by CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 maldocs. The payload (font-record overflow + shellcode) is frequently encrypted and the stream name case-scrambled to evade scanners, but an Equation object holding an Ole10Native stream has no benign use.
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Equation Editor OLE object high OLE_EQUATION_EDITORContains Equation Editor object — related to CVE-2017-11882 / CVE-2018-0802 exploitation, but CLSID presence alone is not the malformed MTEF exploit primitive.
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Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LUREDocument gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
ole10native_00.binebf7bb7489889230cdceab5fc1600efb7a3ac3ae8cb7fe68a9b77e479899f1f1 |
ole-package | OLE Ole10Native stream: Ole10Native | 1449365 bytes |
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