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Inhibit System Recovery via Microsoft Office Process

Identifies the use of Windows commands to tamper with system recovery settings via Microsoft Office processes. Ransomware and other malware may do this to prevent system recovery.

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Detection Logic

process where event.action == "start" and
  descendant of [process where event.action == "start" and
    process.name : (
      "WINWORD.EXE",
      "EXCEL.EXE",
      "POWERPNT.EXE",
      "MSACCESS.EXE",
      "MSPUB.EXE",
      "fltldr.exe"
    )] and
  not descendant of [process where event.action == "start" and
    process.name : (
      "iexplore.exe",
      "msedge.exe",
      "microsoftedge.exe",
      "chrome.exe",
      "firefox.exe",
      "opera.exe",
      "safari.exe"
    )] and
    (
    (process.pe.original_file_name : "wmic.exe" and process.command_line : "*shadowcopy*" and process.command_line : "*delete*") or
    (process.pe.original_file_name : "vssadmin.exe" and process.command_line : "*shadows*" and process.command_line : ("*delete*", "*resize*")) or
    (process.pe.original_file_name : "bcdedit.exe" and process.command_line : ("*bootstatuspolicy*", "*recoveryenabled*")) or
    (process.pe.original_file_name : "wbadmin.exe" and process.command_line : ("*catalog*", "*systemstatebackup*") and process.command_line : "*delete*")
    )

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