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Date: 2025-08-12 ID: ba7b0acc-bda0-4a17-92bc-17daf956901d Author: Generated by dataset_analyzer.py Environment: attack_range Directory: macro

Description

Automatically categorized datasets in directory macro

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment Initial Access

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory macro
Test Date 2025-08-12

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Sysmon_mshtml

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1566.001/macro/windows-sysmon_mshtml.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

Windows-Sysmon_cabinf

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1566.001/macro/windows-sysmon_cabinf.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

Windows-Sysmon_control

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1566.001/macro/windows-sysmon_control.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

Windows-Sysmon_icedid

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1566.001/macro/windows-sysmon_icedid.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

Windows-Sysmon_macros

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1566.001/macro/windows-sysmon_macros.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

Windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1566.001/macro/windows-sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

Windows-Sysmon_wsh

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1566.001/macro/windows-sysmon_wsh.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

Msdt-Windows-Security

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1566.001/macro/msdt-windows-security.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Security

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

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Windows Office Product Spawned Rundll32 With No DLL TTP Endpoint T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachments, CVE-2023-36884 Office and Windows HTML RCE Vulnerability, Compromised Windows Host, Prestige Ransomware, Graceful Wipe Out Attack, Crypto Stealer
Windows Office Product Spawned Control TTP Endpoint T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachments, Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution CVE-2021-40444, Compromised Windows Host
Windows Office Product Dropped Cab or Inf File TTP Endpoint T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachments, Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution CVE-2021-40444, Compromised Windows Host, APT37 Rustonotto and FadeStealer
Windows Execute Arbitrary Commands with MSDT TTP Endpoint T1218 Compromised Windows Host, Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool Vulnerability CVE-2022-30190
Windows Office Product Spawned MSDT TTP Endpoint T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachments, Compromised Windows Host, Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool Vulnerability CVE-2022-30190
Windows Office Product Spawned Uncommon Process TTP Endpoint T1566.001 AgentTesla, Azorult, Compromised Windows Host, CVE-2023-21716 Word RTF Heap Corruption, CVE-2023-36884 Office and Windows HTML RCE Vulnerability, DarkCrystal RAT, FIN7, IcedID, NjRAT, PlugX, Qakbot, Remcos, Spearphishing Attachments, Trickbot, Warzone RAT, APT37 Rustonotto and FadeStealer
Windows Office Product Loaded MSHTML Module Anomaly Endpoint T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachments, Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution CVE-2021-40444, CVE-2023-36884 Office and Windows HTML RCE Vulnerability

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

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

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1566.001/macro/windows-sysmon_mshtml.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