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RomCom exploiting Word vulnerability in campaign targeting government entities (Campaign)

ID: 99d45237-4380-5a7e-b7d2-73a2b31d4d1b

STIX ID: report--99d45237-4380-5a7e-b7d2-73a2b31d4d1b

Feed Name: Wiz Cloud Threat Landscape

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2023-07-03

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

Author: [email protected] (Wiz Threat Research)

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Storm-0978 conducted a June 2023 campaign exploiting the zero-day CVE-2023-36884 in Microsoft Word via phishing lures to target defense and government organizations in Europe and North America; the attack delivered a RomCom-like backdoor for intelligence-gathering and credential theft, with initial exploitation detected by Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and mitigation guidance provided.

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