Enable Microsoft Dynamic Data Exchange
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Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Enable Dynamic Data Exchange protocol (DDE) in all supported editions of Microsoft Word or Excel.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND ((OBJECTNAME endswith "\Word\Security\AllowDDE" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Word\Security" AND OBJECTVALUENAME = "AllowDDE")) AND (INFORMATION = "DWORD (0x00000001),DWORD (0x00000002)" OR (CHANGES = "1,2" AND NEWTYPE = "REG_DWORD,REG_DWORD"))) OR ((OBJECTNAME endswith "\Excel\Security\DisableDDEServerLaunch,\Excel\Security\DisableDDEServerLookup" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Excel\Security,\Excel\Security" AND OBJECTVALUENAME = "DisableDDEServerLaunch,DisableDDEServerLookup")) AND (INFORMATION = "DWORD (0x00000000)" OR (CHANGES = 0 AND NEWTYPE = "REG_DWORD"))) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
frack113
