The King is dead. Long live the King!

In late April 2018, a new zero-day vulnerability for Internet Explorer IE was found using our sandbox; more than two years since the last in the wild example CVE-2016-0189. This particular vulnerability and subsequent exploit are interesting for many reasons. The following article will examine th...

Microsoft Word and WordPad RTF HTA handler command execution

Added: 04/20/2017 CVE: CVE-2017-0199 BID: 97498 Background Rich Text Format RTF is a text file format supported by various Microsoft products and word processors. RTF supports text styling, images, and embedded objects. Problem A vulnerability in Microsoft Word and WordPad could allow command...

Microsoft Word and WordPad RTF HTA handler command execution

Added: 04/20/2017 CVE: CVE-2017-0199 BID: 97498 Background Rich Text Format RTF is a text file format supported by various Microsoft products and word processors. RTF supports text styling, images, and embedded objects. Problem A vulnerability in Microsoft Word and WordPad could allow command...

CVE-2017-0199: In the Wild Attacks Leveraging HTA Handler

FireEye recently detected malicious Microsoft Office RTF documents that leverage CVE-2017-0199, a previously undisclosed vulnerability. This vulnerability allows a malicious actor to download and execute a Visual Basic script containing PowerShell commands when a user opens a document containing ...