Office Application Startup - Office Test

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log source: windows · registry_eventauthor omkar72date 2020-10-25
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description

What this is, in brief.

Detects the addition of office test registry that allows a user to specify an arbitrary DLL that will be executed every time an Office application is started

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tags

attack.persistenceattack.t1137.002
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rule source (YAML)

title: Office Application Startup - Office Test
id: 3d27f6dd-1c74-4687-b4fa-ca849d128d1c
status: test
description: Detects the addition of office test registry that allows a user to specify an arbitrary DLL that will be executed every time an Office application is started
references:
    - https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/unit42-technical-walkthrough-office-test-persistence-method-used-in-recent-sofacy-attacks/
author: omkar72
date: 2020-10-25
modified: 2023-11-08
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.t1137.002
logsource:
    category: registry_event
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|contains: '\Software\Microsoft\Office test\Special\Perf'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: medium
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detects techniques (1)

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

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references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.