Microsoft Excel Add-In Loaded From Uncommon Location

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects Microsoft Excel loading an Add-In (.xll) file from an uncommon location

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "sa_imageloaded" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\excel.exe" AND OBJECTNAME contains "\Desktop\,\Downloads\,\Perflogs\,\Temp\,\Users\Public\,\Windows\Tasks" AND OBJECTNAME endswith ".xll" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.OBJECTNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)