CVE-2017-0199: New Malware Abuses PowerPoint Slide Show

August 14, 2017   By Ronnie Giagone and Rubio Wu
 
CVE-2017-0199 was originally a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability that allowed attackers to exploit a flaw that exists in the Windows Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) interface of Microsoft Office to deliver malware. It is commonly exploited via the use of malicious Rich Text File (RTF) documents, a method used by the DRIDEX banking trojan discovered earlier this year.

We recently observed a new sample (Detected by Trend Micro as TROJ_CVE20170199.JVU) exploiting CVE-2017-0199 using a new method that abuses PowerPoint Slide Show—the first time we have seen this approach used in the wild before. As this is not the first time that CVE-2017-0199 was exploited for an attack, we thought it fitting to analyze this new attack method to provide some insight into how this vulnerability can be abused by other campaigns in the future.
 
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