Publisher Attachment File Dropped In Suspicious Location
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects creation of files with the ".pub" extension in suspicious or uncommon locations. This could be a sign of attackers abusing Publisher documents
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" AND (FILENAME contains "\AppData\Local\Temp\,\Users\Public\,\Windows\Temp\,C:\Temp" OR OBJECTNAME contains "\AppData\Local\Temp\,\Users\Public\,\Windows\Temp\,C:\Temp") AND (FILENAME endswith ".pub" OR OBJECTNAME endswith ".pub") 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)
