Potential Persistence Via Outlook LoadMacroProviderOnBoot Setting

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the modification of Outlook setting "LoadMacroProviderOnBoot" which if enabled allows the automatic loading of any configured VBA project/module

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Outlook\LoadMacroProviderOnBoot" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Outlook" AND OBJECTVALUENAME = "LoadMacroProviderOnBoot")) AND INFORMATION contains "0x00000001" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)