Detection rules › Sigma

Office Macro File Creation

Severity
low
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Source
upstream

Detects the creation of a new office macro files on the systems

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Initial AccessT1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon11FileCreate

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

or:
TargetFilename|endswith: .docm
TargetFilename|endswith: .dotm
TargetFilename|endswith: .potm
TargetFilename|endswith: .pptm
TargetFilename|endswith: .xlsm
TargetFilename|endswith: .xltm

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
TargetFilenameends_with
  • .docm corpus 5 (sigma 5)
  • .dotm corpus 5 (sigma 5)
  • .potm corpus 3 (sigma 3)
  • .pptm corpus 3 (sigma 3)
  • .xlsm corpus 5 (sigma 5)
  • .xltm corpus 5 (sigma 5)