Detection Strategy for VBA Stomping, Detection Strategy DET0012
Excerpt
AN0034
Discrepancies between VBA source code and p-code inside Office documents. Defender perspective: anomalies in file metadata streams, execution of Office processes loading macros without source code consistency, and script execution with no corresponding source metadata.
Log Sources
Data Component Name Channel
File Creation (DC0039) WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=11
Process Creation (DC0032) WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=1
Mutable Elements
Field Description
MonitoredExtensions
Expand or restrict which Office file types (.docm, .xlsm, .pptm) are flagged for VBA project analysis.
TimeWindow
Correlate Office process execution with subsequent script execution within a narrow wi…
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