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CVE-2017-11882 Will Never Die, (Wed, Aug 13th)

One of the key messages broadcasted by security professionals is: "Patch, patch and patch again!". But they are nasty vulnerabilities that remain exploited by attackers even if they are pretty old. CVE-2017-11882 is one of them: this remote code execution affects Microsoft Office and, more precisely, the good old "Equation Editor". This tool was even killed by Microsoft due to numerous security issues[1]. But it still remains used by attackers to spread modern malware. I spotted an interesting file called “urchase_orderp.o_t4787074kronospan_aps.xlam” (no typo, the leading “P” was missing). The file (SHA256:4fe60a82350a24cc0bfeb1a9df86a751cec9b7307035f90b0a08959a16a1fc7c) has a normal VT score (38/68)[2]. These days, it’s less common to see malicious Microsoft Office documents due to the…

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