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32 changes: 32 additions & 0 deletions rules/persistence_suspicious_microsoft_office_addin_loaded.yml
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name: Suspicious Microsoft Office add-in loaded
id: fe4daff8-d8aa-48d3-bf09-a9d868375a3c
version: 1.0.0
description: |
Identifies attempts to load unsigned executables from known Microsoft Office
add-ins directories, which adversaries may exploit to maintain persistence.
labels:
tactic.id: TA0003
tactic.name: Persistence
tactic.ref: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
technique.id: T1137
technique.name: Office Application Startup
technique.ref: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1137/
references:
- https://github.com/3gstudent/Office-Persistence/blob/master/OfficePersistence.ps1

condition: >
(load_unsigned_or_untrusted_module) and ps.name iin ('excel.exe', 'winword.exe', 'outlook.exe', 'powerpnt.exe')
and
image.path imatches
(
'?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\AddIns\\*',
'?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Excel\\XLSTART\\*',
'?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Word\\Startup\\*',
'?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Outlook\\*'
)

output:
Microsoft Office process %ps.name loaded a suspicious add-in %image.path
severity: high

min-engine-version: 2.4.0