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Excel Macro / Add-in Execution

T1059.005 · MITRE ATT&CK

Visual Basic (VB) and derivatives such as Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and VBScript can execute code. VBA macros can be embedded in Office documents; VBScript can run through Windows Script Host or be embedded in an HTML Application (HTA). The steps here show Windows Script Host and HTA invocations as alternative examples. Excel XLL add-ins are native DLL add-ins, not Visual Basic code, and are not described by these steps.

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Requirements: ALL(RESTRICTED_ACCESS_BLUR_MARKER)

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PowerShell Inline Execution · Execute Base64 Encoded Command

Execute Base64 Encoded Command

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RESTRICTED_ACCESS_BLUR_MARKER

Version: RESTRICTED_ACCESS_BLUR_MARKER. Requirements: none specified (operational prerequisites may still apply)Documents all requested outcomes. This is a candidate, not proof of execution or compatibility.preconditions: RESTRICTED_ACCESS_BLUR_MARKERverification: RESTRICTED_ACCESS_BLUR_MARKERfailure modes: RESTRICTED_ACCESS_BLUR_MARKERlimitations: RESTRICTED_ACCESS_BLUR_MARKER

RESTRICTED_ACCESS_BLUR_MARKER

Detection signal

Detection 01

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Mitigations

Mitigation 01

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OPSEC notes

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