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Visio.exe File Download (Windows Event Log)
Visio.exe is a diagramming and vector graphics application developed by Microsoft, used for creating flowcharts, organizational charts, and other visual representations of information. Threat actors can abuse visio.exe to download files. This use case detects executions of visio.exe followed by URLs in the command line
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Command & Control |
References
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688: A new process has been created. |
Rule body
id: '33361.59028'
title: Visio.exe File Download
description: Visio.exe is a diagramming and vector graphics application developed
by Microsoft, used for creating flowcharts, organizational charts, and other visual
representations of information. Threat actors can abuse visio.exe to download files.
This use case detects executions of visio.exe followed by URLs in the command line.
Living Off the Land Binary and Scripts (LOLBAS) (LOLBIN)
logic_format: Splunk
logic: '`get_endpoint_data` `get_endpoint_data_winevent` (TERM(EventCode=4688) OR
"<EventID>4688<" OR Type=Process) TERM(visio) | regex process="(?i)visio(\.exe(\"|\'')?)?\s+(\"|\'')?[A-Za-z0-9]{2,6}:\/\/[^\s]+"|
table _time, host, user, process, process_*, parent_*, signature_id | bin span=1s
| stats values(*) as * by _time, host '
techniques:
- command-and-control:ingress tool transfer
technique_id:
- T1105
data_category:
- Process command-line parameters
- Windows event logs
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1105/
- https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Visio/
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: search
`get_endpoint_data` `get_endpoint_data_winevent` (TERM(EventCode=4688) OR "<EventID>4688<" OR Type=Process) TERM(visio)
Stage 2: regex
| regex process="(?i)visio(\.exe(\"|\')?)?\s+(\"|\')?[A-Za-z0-9]{2,6}:\/\/[^\s]+"
Stage 3: table
| table _time, host, user, process, process_*, parent_*, signature_id
Stage 4: bucket
| bin span=1s
Stage 5: stats
| stats values(*) as * by _time, host
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
EventCode | eq |
| field:"EventID" kind:eq value:"4688" |
process | regex_match |
| field:"CommandLine" kind:regex_match |
Search terms
These SPL tokens match against raw event text.
| Stage | Term |
|---|---|
| 1 | "<EventID>4688<" |
| 1 | visio |