OneNote Attachment File Dropped In Suspicious Location

 1title: OneNote Attachment File Dropped In Suspicious Location
 2id: 7fd164ba-126a-4d9c-9392-0d4f7c243df0
 3status: experimental
 4description: Detects creation of files with the ".one"/".onepkg" extension in suspicious or uncommon locations. This could be a sign of attackers abusing OneNote attachments
 5references:
 6    - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-now-use-microsoft-onenote-attachments-to-spread-malware/
 7    - https://blog.osarmor.com/319/onenote-attachment-delivers-asyncrat-malware/
 8author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
 9date: 2023/01/22
10modified: 2023/09/19
11tags:
12    - attack.defense_evasion
13logsource:
14    category: file_event
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection:
18        TargetFilename|contains:
19            # Note: add more common locations for drops such as download folders and the like. Or baseline legitimate locations and alert on everything else
20            - '\AppData\Local\Temp\'
21            - '\Users\Public\'
22            - '\Windows\Temp\'
23            - ':\Temp\'
24        TargetFilename|endswith:
25            - '.one'
26            - '.onepkg'
27    filter_main_onenote:
28        Image|contains: ':\Program Files\Microsoft Office\'
29        Image|endswith: '\ONENOTE.EXE'
30    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
31falsepositives:
32    - Legitimate usage of ".one" or ".onepkg" files from those locations
33level: medium

References

• Hackers now use Microsoft OneNote attachments to spread malware

  

  Threat actors now use OneNote attachments in phishing emails that infect victims with remote access malware which can be used to install further malware, steal passwords, or even cryptocurrency wallets.

  
  Read More

• Microsoft OneNote (.One File Extension) Attachment Delivers AsyncRAT | OSArmor Blog

  

  Users reported some malicious Microsoft OneNote documents in the past days that lead to AsyncRAT, a remote administration tool used to control and monitor

  
  Read More

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