Trust Access Disable For VBApplications
Detects registry changes to Microsoft Office "AccessVBOM" to a value of "1" which disables trust access for VBA on the victim machine and lets attackers execute malicious macros without any Microsoft Office warnings.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- registry_set
Known benign triggers
- Unlikely
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| securelist.com/scarcruft-surveilling-north-korean-defectors-and-human-rights-activists/105074/ | 2 |
| twitter.com/inversecos/status/1494174785621819397 | 4 |
| www.mcafee.com/blogs/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/zloader-with-a-new-infection-technique/ | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 1a5c46e9-f32f-42f7-b2bc-6e9084db7fbf
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.defense-impairmentattack.persistence
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1