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Excel Activemicrosoftapp

Date: 2025-08-20 ID: 1177fe7c-7dd2-11f0-8ab3-629be3538069 Author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk Environment: attack_range Directory: excel_activemicrosoftapp

Description

Generated datasets for excel activemicrosoftapp in attack range.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1021.003 Distributed Component Object Model Lateral Movement

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory excel_activemicrosoftapp
Test Date 2025-08-20

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Sysmon_winprojexe.log

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1021.003/excel_activemicrosoftapp/sysmon_winprojexe.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Windows Excel ActiveMicrosoftApp Child Process Anomaly Endpoint T1021.003 PathWiper

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1021.003/excel_activemicrosoftapp/sysmon_winprojexe.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Related Content

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0