ET MALWARE Possible Office Doc with Embedded VBA containing Reverse Meterpreter Shell

Query · suricata

flow:established,from_server;
flowbits:isset,et.DocVBAProject;
file_data;
content:"windows/meterpreter/reverse_"; nocase;

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Raw source ET MALWARE Possible Office Doc with Embedded VBA containing Reverse Meterpreter Shell · 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 MALWARE Possible Office Doc with Embedded VBA containing Reverse Meterpreter Shell";
    flow:established,from_server;
    flowbits:isset,et.DocVBAProject;
    file_data;
    content:"windows/meterpreter/reverse_"; nocase;
    reference:url,github.com/enigma0x3/Generate-Macro/blob/master/Generate-Macro.ps1;
    classtype:trojan-activity;
    sid:2020170; rev:2;
    metadata:created_at 2015_01_13, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2019_07_26;
)

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