ET HUNTING SUSPICIOUS Possible Office Doc with Embedded VBA Project (Wide)

Query · suricata

flow:established,from_server;
flowbits:isset,et.MCOFF;
file_data;
content:"_|00|V|00|B|00|A|00|_|00|P|00|R|00|O|00|J|00|E|00|C|00|T|00|"; nocase;
flowbits:set,et.DocVBAProject;

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Raw source ET HUNTING SUSPICIOUS Possible Office Doc with Embedded VBA Project (Wide) · Suricata
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Published by Emerging Threats Open ↗, licensed under BSD 3-Clause ↗. Line breaks added for readability; the rule is otherwise unchanged. 
alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (
    msg:"ET HUNTING SUSPICIOUS Possible Office Doc with Embedded VBA Project (Wide)";
    flow:established,from_server;
    flowbits:isset,et.MCOFF;
    file_data;
    content:"_|00|V|00|B|00|A|00|_|00|P|00|R|00|O|00|J|00|E|00|C|00|T|00|"; nocase;
    flowbits:set,et.DocVBAProject;
    classtype:bad-unknown;
    sid:2019837; rev:3;
    metadata:affected_product Web_Browsers, affected_product Web_Browser_Plugins, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2014_12_02, deployment Perimeter, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag Web_Client_Attacks, updated_at 2019_07_26;
)

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