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Outlook Home Page Registry Modification

Source
github.com/elastic/protections-artifacts

Identifies modifications in registry keys associated with abuse of the Outlook Home Page functionality for command and control or persistence.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body

[rule]
description = """
Identifies modifications in registry keys associated with abuse of the Outlook Home Page functionality for command and
control or persistence.
"""
id = "f65102b4-15b1-4e9f-af76-3b8f67201185"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Outlook Home Page Registry Modification"
os_list = ["windows"]
reference = [
    "https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/breaking-the-rules-tough-outlook-for-home-page-attacks/",
    "https://github.com/trustedsec/specula",
]
version = "1.0.3"

query = '''
registry where event.action != "deletion" and
    registry.path : "HKEY_USERS\\S-1-5-*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Office\\*\\Outlook\\Webview\\Inbox\\URL"
'''

min_endpoint_version = "7.15.0"
optional_actions = []
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0

[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1137"
name = "Office Application Startup"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1137/"
[[threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1137.004"
name = "Outlook Home Page"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1137/004/"



[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0003"
name = "Persistence"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"
[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"

[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0011"
name = "Command and Control"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/"

[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "7.15.0"

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: registry

registry where event.action != "deletion" and
    registry.path : "HKEY_USERS\\S-1-5-*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Office\\*\\Outlook\\Webview\\Inbox\\URL"

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
event.actionne
  • deletion corpus 86 (elastic 86)
field:"EventType" kind:ne value:"deletion"
registry.pathwildcard
  • HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-*\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\*\Outlook\Webview\Inbox\URL
field:"TargetObject" kind:wildcard value:"HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-*\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\*\Outlook\Webview\Inbox\URL"