Access To Windows Outlook Mail Files By Uncommon Applications

Last updated on:

About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects file access requests to Windows Outlook Mail by uncommon processes. Could indicate potential attempt of credential stealing. Requires heavy baselining before usage

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" AND ((FILENAME contains "\AppData\Local\Comms\Unistore\data" OR OBJECTNAME contains "\AppData\Local\Comms\Unistore\data") OR (FILENAME endswith "\AppData\Local\Comms\UnistoreDB\store.vol" OR OBJECTNAME endswith "\AppData\Local\Comms\UnistoreDB\store.vol")) AND (PROCESSNAME != "System" AND PROCESSNAME notstartswith "C:\Program Files (x86)\,C:\Program Files\,C:\Windows\system32\,C:\Windows\SysWOW64") AND ((PROCESSNAME notstartswith "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender" OR PROCESSNAME notendswith "\MpCopyAccelerator.exe,\MsMpEng.exe") AND PROCESSNAME notendswith "\thor64.exe,\thor.exe") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.FILENAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113