Potential CVE-2023-36884 Exploitation Dropped File

 1title: Potential CVE-2023-36884 Exploitation Dropped File
 2id: 8023d3a2-dcdc-44da-8fa9-5c7906e55b38
 3status: experimental
 4description: Detects a specific file being created in the recent folder of Office. These files have been seen being dropped during potential exploitations of CVE-2023-36884
 5references:
 6    - https://blogs.blackberry.com/en/2023/07/romcom-targets-ukraine-nato-membership-talks-at-nato-summit
 7    - https://twitter.com/wdormann/status/1679184475677130755
 8    - https://twitter.com/r00tbsd/status/1679042071477338114/photo/1
 9author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), X__Junior (Nextron Systems)
10date: 2023/07/13
11tags:
12    - attack.persistence
13    - attack.defense_evasion
14    - cve.2023.36884
15    - detection.emerging_threats
16logsource:
17    category: file_event
18    product: windows
19detection:
20    selection:
21        TargetFilename|startswith: 'C:\Users\'
22        TargetFilename|contains: '\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\'
23        TargetFilename|endswith: '\file001.url'
24    condition: selection
25falsepositives:
26    - Unknown
27level: medium

References

• RomCom Threat Actor Suspected of Targeting Ukraine's NATO Membership Talks at the NATO Summit

  

  The BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence team has uncovered malicious lures targeting guests of the upcoming NATO Summit who may be providing support to Ukraine. Our analysis leads us to believe that that the threat actor known as RomCom is likely behind this operation.

  
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