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Decoy Microsoft Word document delivers malware through a RAT

A Remote Administration Tool (RAT) is delivered via an unusual route: a benign-looking Microsoft Word document with an ulterior motive. In this case, the unsuspecting user opening the decoy Word document will trigger an automatic download of a malicious RTF file that deploys an exploit (CVE-2017-8759), which ends up distributing the final malware payload. Victims will be none-the-wiser as the infection process happens in the background, while their Word document finally loads what looks like legitimate content.”]

Source: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2017/10/decoy-microsoft-word-document-delivers-malware-through-rat/

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