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name: Microsoft Office file execution via script interpreter
id: bf3ea547-1470-4bcc-9945-3b495d962c2c
version: 1.0.0
description: |
Identifies the execution via Windows script interpreter of the executable file written
by the Microsoft Office process.
labels:
tactic.id: TA0001
tactic.name: Initial Access
tactic.ref: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0001/
technique.id: T1566
technique.name: Phishing
technique.ref: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566/
subtechnique.id: T1566.001
subtechnique.name: Spearphishing Attachment
subtechnique.ref: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566/001/

condition: >
sequence
maxspan 2m
|create_file and ps.name iin msoffice_binaries and (file.extension iin ('.exe', '.com', '.scr', '.pif', '.bat') or file.is_exec = true)| by file.path
|spawn_process and ps.name iin script_interpreters and ps.child.exe not imatches
(
'?:\\Program Files\\*.exe',
'?:\\Program Files (x86)\\*.exe'
)
| by ps.child.exe
action:
- name: kill

output: >
Microsoft Office process %1.ps.exe wrote the file %1.file.path and subsequently executed it via script interpreter %2.ps.exe
severity: high

min-engine-version: 2.4.0
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion rules/macros/macros.yml
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gaining persistence on the compromised endpoint.

- macro: script_interpreters
list: ["powershell.exe", "pwsh.exe", "cscript.exe", "wscript.exe", "mshta.exe"]
list: ["powershell.exe", "pwsh.exe", "cscript.exe", "wscript.exe", "mshta.exe", "cmd.exe"]

- macro: startup_shell_folder_registry_keys
list: [
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