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Nasreddine Bencherchali
87 lines
4.1 KiB
YAML
87 lines
4.1 KiB
YAML
name: Office Document Executing Macro Code
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id: b12c89bc-9d06-11eb-a592-acde48001122
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version: 9
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date: '2025-01-24'
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author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
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status: deprecated
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type: TTP
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description: The following analytic has been deprecated.
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The following analytic identifies office documents executing macro code.
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It leverages Sysmon EventCode 7 to detect when processes like WINWORD.EXE or EXCEL.EXE
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load specific DLLs associated with macros (e.g., VBE7.DLL). This activity is significant
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because macros are a common attack vector for delivering malicious payloads, such
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as malware. If confirmed malicious, this could lead to unauthorized code execution,
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data exfiltration, or further compromise of the system. Disabling macros by default
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is recommended to mitigate this risk.
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data_source:
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- Sysmon EventID 7
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search: '`sysmon` EventCode=7 process_name IN ("WINWORD.EXE", "EXCEL.EXE", "POWERPNT.EXE","onenote.exe","onenotem.exe","onenoteviewer.exe","onenoteim.exe","msaccess.exe")
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loaded_file_path IN ("*\\VBE7INTL.DLL","*\\VBE7.DLL", "*\\VBEUI.DLL") | stats min(_time)
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as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime values(loaded_file) as loaded_file count by
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dest EventCode process_name process_guid | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` |
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`security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `office_document_executing_macro_code_filter`'
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how_to_implement: To successfully implement this search, you need to be ingesting
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logs with the process name and ImageLoaded (Like sysmon EventCode 7) from your endpoints.
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If you are using Sysmon, you must have at least version 6.0.4 of the Sysmon TA.
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Also be sure to include those monitored dll to your own sysmon config.
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known_false_positives: False positives may occur if legitimate office documents are
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executing macro code. Ensure to investigate the macro code and the command to be
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executed. If the macro code is benign, add the document name to the exclusion list.
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Some applications may legitimately load VBE7INTL.DLL, VBE7.DLL, or VBEUI.DLL.
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references:
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- https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/386500/0/html
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- https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/702680/0/html
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- https://bazaar.abuse.ch/sample/02cbc1ab80695fc12ff8822b926957c3a600247b9ca412a137f69cb5716c8781/
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- https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/latest-remcos-rat-phishing
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- https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/trojanized-onenote-document-leads-to-formbook-malware/
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- https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/leveraging-microsoft-office-documents-to-deliver-agent-tesla-and-njrat
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drilldown_searches:
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- name: View the detection results for - "$dest$"
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search: '%original_detection_search% | search dest = "$dest$"'
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earliest_offset: $info_min_time$
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latest_offset: $info_max_time$
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- name: View risk events for the last 7 days for - "$dest$"
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search: '| from datamodel Risk.All_Risk | search normalized_risk_object IN ("$dest$")
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starthoursago=168 | stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime
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values(search_name) as "Search Name" values(risk_message) as "Risk Message" values(analyticstories)
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as "Analytic Stories" values(annotations._all) as "Annotations" values(annotations.mitre_attack.mitre_tactic)
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as "ATT&CK Tactics" by normalized_risk_object | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
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| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`'
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earliest_offset: $info_min_time$
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latest_offset: $info_max_time$
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rba:
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message: Office document executing a macro on $dest$
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risk_objects:
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- field: dest
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type: system
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score: 35
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threat_objects: []
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tags:
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analytic_story:
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- Spearphishing Attachments
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- Trickbot
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- IcedID
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- DarkCrystal RAT
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- AgentTesla
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- Qakbot
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- Azorult
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- Remcos
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- PlugX
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- NjRAT
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asset_type: Endpoint
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mitre_attack_id:
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- T1566
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- T1566.001
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product:
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- Splunk Enterprise
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- Splunk Enterprise Security
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- Splunk Cloud
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security_domain: endpoint
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tests:
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- name: True Positive Test
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attack_data:
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- data:
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https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1566.001/datasets/windows-sysmon.log
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source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
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sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
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