BIOC Informational

Office process writes an executable file to disk

An executable file was written by a Microsoft Office application to disk.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Agent event type:
File
Category:
Execution
Status:
Enabled
ATT&CK tactics: Execution (TA0002)
ATT&CK techniques: User Execution (T1204)
Indicator:

File file name = *.exe , *.bat , *.ps1 , *.sys , *.dll , *.vb , *.vbs AND action type = create Process initiated by = winword.exe , excel.exe , powerpnt.exe , visio.exe , winproj.exe , onenote.exe , msaccess.exe

Preventable: yes