title: CLR DLL Loaded Via Office Applications
id: d13c43f0-f66b-4279-8b2c-5912077c1780
status: test
description: Detects CLR DLL being loaded by an Office Product
author: Antonlovesdnb
references:
  - https://medium.com/threatpunter/detecting-adversary-tradecraft-with-image-load-event-logging-and-eql-8de93338c16
date: 2020/02/19
modified: 2021/11/27
logsource:
  category: image_load
  product: windows
detection:
  selection:
    Image|endswith:
      - '\winword.exe'
      - '\powerpnt.exe'
      - '\excel.exe'
      - '\outlook.exe'
    ImageLoaded|contains:
      - '\clr.dll'
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - Alerts on legitimate macro usage as well, will need to filter as appropriate
level: high
tags:
  - attack.execution
  - attack.t1204.002
