EXPL_MAL_MalDoc_OBFUSCT_MHTML_Sep21_1


Description

Detects suspicious office reference files including an obfuscated MHTML reference exploiting CVE-2021-40444

Query · yara

strings:
      $h1 = "<?xml " ascii wide
      $s1 = "109;&#104;&#116;&#109;&#108;&#58;&#104;&#116;&#109;&#108" ascii wide
   condition:
      filesize < 25KB and all of them
Raw source EXPL_MAL_MalDoc_OBFUSCT_MHTML_Sep21_1 · YARA
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rule EXPL_MAL_MalDoc_OBFUSCT_MHTML_Sep21_1 {
   meta:
      description = "Detects suspicious office reference files including an obfuscated MHTML reference exploiting CVE-2021-40444"
      author = "Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)"
      reference = "https://twitter.com/decalage2/status/1438946225190014984?s=20"
      date = "2021-09-18"
      score = 90
      hash = "84674acffba5101c8ac518019a9afe2a78a675ef3525a44dceddeed8a0092c69"
      id = "781cfd61-d5ac-58e5-868f-dbd2a2df3500"
   strings:
      $h1 = "<?xml " ascii wide
      $s1 = "109;&#104;&#116;&#109;&#108;&#58;&#104;&#116;&#109;&#108" ascii wide
   condition:
      filesize < 25KB and all of them
}

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