# Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one # or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License # 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License # 2.0. # Name: Emulate MS Office Dropping an executable file to disk # RTA: ms_office_drop_exe.py # ATT&CK: T1064 # Description: MS Office writes executable file and it is run. import os import time from . import common @common.requires_os(common.WINDOWS) def main(): cmd_path = "c:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe" for office_app in ["winword.exe", "excel.exe", "powerpnt.exe", "outlook.exe"]: common.log("Emulating office application %s" % office_app) office_path = os.path.abspath(office_app) common.copy_file(cmd_path, office_path) bad_path = os.path.abspath("bad-{}-{}.exe".format(hash(office_app), os.getpid())) common.execute([office_path, '/c', 'copy', cmd_path, bad_path]) time.sleep(1) common.execute([bad_path, '/c', 'whoami']) # cleanup time.sleep(1) common.remove_files(office_app, bad_path) print("") if __name__ == "__main__": exit(main())