Outlook Task/Note Reminder Received

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects changes to the registry values related to outlook that indicates that a reminder was triggered for a Note or Task item. This could be a sign of exploitation of CVE-2023-23397. Further investigation is required to determine the success of an exploitation.

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND ((OBJECTNAME contains "\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office" AND OBJECTNAME contains "\Outlook") OR ((OBJECTNAME endswith "\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office" AND isExist(OBJECTVALUENAME)) OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Outlook" AND isExist(OBJECTVALUENAME)))) AND (OBJECTNAME contains "\Tasks\,\Notes" OR ((OBJECTNAME endswith "\Tasks" AND isExist(OBJECTVALUENAME)) OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Notes" AND isExist(OBJECTVALUENAME)))) 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)