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Active Rule
Microsoft Excel Add-In Loaded
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
Default
Plain SPL queries
Conversion Output
Microsoft Excel Add-In Loaded
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
Translation controls
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Microsoft Excel Add-In Loaded
id: c5f4b5cb-4c25-4249-ba91-aa03626e3185
status: test
description: Detects Microsoft Excel loading an Add-In (.xll) file
references:
- https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/lnk-between-browsers
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-05-12
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1204.002
- detection.threat-hunting
logsource:
category: image_load
product: windows
detection:
selection:
Image|endswith: '\excel.exe'
ImageLoaded|endswith: '.xll'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- The rules is only looking for ".xll" loads. So some false positives are expected with legitimate and allowed XLLs
level: low
CLI command
Copy the exact command to reproduce this translation locally.
sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules-threat-hunting/windows/image_load/image_load_office_excel_xll_load.yml