Potential Excel.EXE DCOM Lateral Movement Via ActivateMicrosoftApp
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects suspicious child processes of Excel which could be an indicator of lateral movement leveraging the "ActivateMicrosoftApp" Excel DCOM object.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\excel.exe" AND (ORIGINALFILENAME = "foxprow.exe,schdplus.exe,winproj.exe" OR PROCESSNAME endswith "\foxprow.exe,\schdplus.exe,\winproj.exe") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Aaron Stratton
