IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Persistence via Microsoft Outlook VBAedit
Detects attempts to establish persistence on an endpoint by installing a rogue Microsoft Outlook VBA Template.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Persistence
Version: 100 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Potential false positivesedit
A legitimate VBA for Outlook is usually configured interactively via OUTLOOK.EXE.
Investigation guideedit
Rule queryedit
file where event.type != "deletion" and file.path : "C:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Outlook\\VbaProject.OTM"
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
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Technique:
- Name: Office Application Startup
- ID: T1137
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1137/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 100 (8.5.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 6 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (8.2.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.12.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
file where event.type != "deletion" and wildcard(file.path, "C:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Outlook\\VbaProject.OTM")
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- Version 2 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only