HighSigmaHQ Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Potential Persistence Via Outlook LoadMacroProviderOnBoot Setting

Detects the modification of Outlook setting "LoadMacroProviderOnBoot" which if enabled allows the automatic loading of any configured VBA project/module

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Detection requirements

Platform: ESXi IaaS Linux macOS Office Suite SaaS Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 3 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: registry_set

Known benign triggers

Unknown

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
speakerdeck.com/heirhabarov/hunting-for-persistence-via-microsoft-exchange-server-or-outlook?slide=53	Unclassified	3
www.linkedin.com/pulse/outlook-backdoor-using-vba-samir-b-/	Unclassified	3from 2 sources

Detection rules

Potential Persistence Via Outlook LoadMacroProviderOnBoot Setting

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

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