Equation Editor Network Connection

 1title: Equation Editor Network Connection
 2id: a66bc059-c370-472c-a0d7-f8fd1bf9d583
 3status: test
 4description: Detects network connections from Equation Editor
 5references:
 6    - https://twitter.com/forensicitguy/status/1513538712986079238
 7    - https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/07/18/a-new-equation-editor-exploit-goes-commercial-as-maldoc-attacks-using-it-spike/
 8author: Max Altgelt (Nextron Systems)
 9date: 2022/04/14
10tags:
11    - attack.execution
12    - attack.t1203
13logsource:
14    category: network_connection
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection:
18        Image|endswith: '\eqnedt32.exe'
19    condition: selection
20falsepositives:
21    - Unlikely
22level: high

References

• Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

  
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• A new Equation Editor exploit goes commercial, as maldoc attacks using it spike

  

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