Synopsis
Activation Period |
14 Days |
Training Period |
30 Days |
Test Period |
N/A (single event) |
Deduplication Period |
1 Day |
Required Data |
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Detection Modules |
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Detector Tags |
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ATT&CK Tactic |
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ATT&CK Technique |
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Severity |
Medium |
Description
An Office process was run with LOLBIN-like command-line arguments. This behavior is exhibited in the VBA-RunPE tool that runs executables from the memory of Word/Excel/PowerPoint.
Attacker's Goals
Execute arbitrary code or run malicious applications undetected.
Investigative actions
Check the file that spawns the office application, and search for macros, formulas, or scripts.