rule rtf_cve2017_11882_ole : malicious exploit cve_2017_11882 { meta: author = "John Davison" description = "Attempts to identify the exploit CVE 2017 11882" reference = "https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about" sample = "51cf2a6c0c1a29abca9fd13cb22421da" score = 60 //file_name = "re:^stream_[0-9]+_[0-9]+.dat$" strings: $headers = { 1c 00 00 00 02 00 ?? ?? a9 00 00 00 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 03 01 01 03 ?? } $font = { 0a 01 08 5a 5a } // <-- I think that 5a 5a is the trigger for the buffer overflow //$code = /[\x01-\x7F]{44}/ $winexec = { 12 0c 43 00 } condition: all of them and @font > @headers and @winexec == @font + 5 + 44 } // same as above but for RTF documents rule rtf_cve2017_11882 : malicious exploit cve_2017_1182 { meta: author = "John Davison" description = "Attempts to identify the exploit CVE 2017 11882" reference = "https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about" sample = "51cf2a6c0c1a29abca9fd13cb22421da" score = 60 //file_ext = "rtf" strings: $headers = { 31 63 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 32 30 30 ?? ?? ?? ?? 61 39 30 30 30 30 30 30 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 30 33 30 31 30 31 30 33 ?? ?? } $font = { 30 61 30 31 30 38 35 61 35 61 } $winexec = { 31 32 30 63 34 33 30 30 } condition: all of them and @font > @headers and @winexec == @font + ((5 + 44) * 2) } rule packager_cve2017_11882 { meta: author = "Rich Warren" description = "Attempts to exploit CVE-2017-11882 using Packager" reference = "https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882/blob/master/packager_exec_CVE-2017-11882.py" score = 60 strings: $font = { 30 61 30 31 30 38 35 61 35 61 } $equation = { 45 71 75 61 74 69 6F 6E 2E 33 } $package = { 50 61 63 6b 61 67 65 } $header_and_shellcode = /03010[0,1][0-9a-fA-F]{108}00/ ascii nocase condition: uint32be(0) == 0x7B5C7274 // RTF header and all of them } rule CVE_2017_11882_RTF { meta: description = "Detects suspicious Microsoft Equation OLE contents as used in CVE-2017-11882" license = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" author = "Florian Roth" reference = "Internal Research" date = "2018-02-13" score = 60 strings: $x1 = "4d534854412e4558452068747470" /* MSHTA.EXE http */ $x2 = "6d736874612e6578652068747470" /* mshta.exe http */ $x3 = "6d736874612068747470" /* mshta http */ $x4 = "4d534854412068747470" /* MSHTA http */ $s1 = "4d6963726f736f6674204571756174696f6e20332e30" ascii /* Microsoft Equation 3.0 */ $s2 = "4500710075006100740069006f006e0020004e00610074006900760065" ascii /* Equation Native */ $s3 = "2e687461000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" /* .hta .... */ condition: ( uint32be(0) == 0x7B5C7274 or uint32be(0) == 0x7B5C2A5C ) /* RTF */ and filesize < 300KB and ( 1 of ($x*) or 2 of them ) } rule EXP_potential_CVE_2017_11882 { meta: author = "ReversingLabs" reference = "https://www.reversinglabs.com/newsroom/news/reversinglabs-yara-rule-detects-cobalt-strike-payload-exploiting-cve-2017-11882.html" strings: $docfilemagic = { D0 CF 11 E0 A1 B1 1A E1 } $equation1 = "Equation Native" wide ascii $equation2 = "Microsoft Equation 3.0" wide ascii $mshta = "mshta" $http = "http://" $https = "https://" $cmd = "cmd" fullword $pwsh = "powershell" $exe = ".exe" $address = { 12 0C 43 00 } condition: uint16(0) == 0xcfd0 and $docfilemagic at 0 and any of ($mshta, $http, $https, $cmd, $pwsh, $exe) and any of ($equation1, $equation2) and $address }