Office Macro File Download

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the creation of a new office macro files on the systems via an application (browser, mail client).

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\RuntimeBroker.exe,\outlook.exe,\thunderbird.exe,\brave.exe,\chrome.exe,\firefox.exe,\iexplore.exe,\maxthon.exe,\MicrosoftEdge.exe,\msedge.exe,\msedgewebview2.exe,\opera.exe,\safari.exe,\seamonkey.exe,\vivaldi.exe,\whale.exe" AND ((FILENAME endswith ".docm,.dotm,.xlsm,.xltm,.potm,.pptm" OR OBJECTNAME endswith ".docm,.dotm,.xlsm,.xltm,.potm,.pptm") OR (FILENAME contains ".docm:Zone,.dotm:Zone,.xlsm:Zone,.xltm:Zone,.potm:Zone,.pptm:Zone" OR OBJECTNAME contains ".docm:Zone,.dotm:Zone,.xlsm:Zone,.xltm:Zone,.potm:Zone,.pptm:Zone")) 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)