OneNote Attachment File Dropped In Suspicious Location

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects creation of files with the ".one"/".onepkg" extension in suspicious or uncommon locations. This could be a sign of attackers abusing OneNote attachments

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" AND ((FILENAME contains "\AppData\Local\Temp\,\Users\Public\,\Windows\Temp\,:\Temp" OR OBJECTNAME contains "\AppData\Local\Temp\,\Users\Public\,\Windows\Temp\,:\Temp") AND (FILENAME endswith ".one,.onepkg" OR OBJECTNAME endswith ".one,.onepkg")) AND (PROCESSNAME notcontains ":\Program Files\Microsoft Office" OR PROCESSNAME notendswith "\ONENOTE.EXE") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.FILENAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)