Suspicious Binary In User Directory Spawned From Office Application
Detects an executable in the users directory started from one of the Microsoft Office suite applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Visio)
Detection logic
selection
ParentImage|endswith:
- \WINWORD.EXE
- \EXCEL.EXE
- \POWERPNT.exe
- \MSPUB.exe
- \VISIO.exe
- \MSACCESS.exe
- \EQNEDT32.exe
Image|startswith: C:\users\
Image|endswith: .exefilter
Image|endswith: \Teams.exeCondition
selection and not filterRaw YAML
title: Suspicious Binary In User Directory Spawned From Office Application
id: aa3a6f94-890e-4e22-b634-ffdfd54792cc
status: test
description: Detects an executable in the users directory started from one of the Microsoft Office suite applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Visio)
references:
- https://blog.morphisec.com/fin7-not-finished-morphisec-spots-new-campaign
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/23160972c6ae07f740800fa28e421a81d7c0ca5d5cab95bc082b4a986fbac57
author: Jason Lynch
date: 2019-04-02
modified: 2023-02-04
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1204.002
- attack.g0046
- car.2013-05-002
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
ParentImage|endswith:
- '\WINWORD.EXE'
- '\EXCEL.EXE'
- '\POWERPNT.exe'
- '\MSPUB.exe'
- '\VISIO.exe'
- '\MSACCESS.exe'
- '\EQNEDT32.exe'
# - '\OUTLOOK.EXE' too many FPs
Image|startswith: 'C:\users\'
Image|endswith: '.exe'
filter:
Image|endswith: '\Teams.exe'
condition: selection and not filter
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: highFalse positives
- Unknown