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Sample events containing emails files being create...

Date: 2026-07-01 ID: 594e402a-dcab-4608-bcbf-7cd7c1a19391 Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali Environment: custom Directory: Unknown

Description

Sample events containing emails files being created outside of common directories

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1114.001 Local Email Collection Collection

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment custom
Directory Unknown
Test Date 2026-07-01

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Emails_outside_dir_sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1114.001/windows_email_files_outside_email_dir/sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

No specific detections currently use this attack data for testing. However, you can find related detections and analytics in our security content repository.

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

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

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1114.001/windows_email_files_outside_email_dir/sysmon.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