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Suspicious Execution From Outlook Temporary Folder — Sigma Rule

Sigma rule a018fdc3-46a3-44e5-9afb-2cd4af1d4b39. Suspicious Execution From Outlook Temporary Folder — Sigma Rule. Detects a suspicious program execution in Outlook temp folder

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2019-10-01 / 2022-10-09.

{
  "category": "process_creation",
  "product": "windows"
}

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Source SHA-256: 0a3f93739a8da449750e56943bd8bfdc590a18a658e4c7807534e9d4bdda3291

Detection logic

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title: Suspicious Execution From Outlook Temporary Folder
id: a018fdc3-46a3-44e5-9afb-2cd4af1d4b39
status: test
description: Detects a suspicious program execution in Outlook temp folder
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
references:
    - Internal Research
date: 2019-10-01
modified: 2022-10-09
tags:
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.t1566.001
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|contains: '\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

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False positives

  • Unknown

Source references

  • Internal Research (source note; no public URL supplied)

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