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high
RTF_OBFUSCATION
What it means
Many RTF control words appear fragmented or obfuscated.
Why it fires
RTF parsers are tolerant of whitespace in control words. Malware authors insert spaces to break up keywords (like 'o b j d a t a') so that simple string scanners miss them.
Other RTF heuristics
RTF_EQUATION_EDITOR RTF_OBJCLASS_EQUATION RTF_MZ_HEX RTF_DDEAUTO_REGSVR32_SCRIPTLET RTF_MACOS_ZSH_LOADER RTF_PACKAGE_AUTOLINK_DELIVERY RTF_OBJAUTLINK RTF_INCLUDE_REMOTE RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX RTF_PACKAGE_OLE RTF_PHP_IRC_BOT_SOURCE RTF_OBJCLASS_PACKAGE RTF_REMOTE_TEMPLATE RTF_EXPLOIT_TEMPLATE_ARTIFACT RTF_OBJUPDATE_LOOSE_HEX_PAYLOAD RTF_OBJUPDATE RTF_PFRAGMENTS_RELATED RTF_OBJEMB RTF_WORD_COMPATIBILITY_PACKAGE RTF_OBJDATA RTF_OLEPRES_STREAM RTF_OLE10NATIVE_STREAM