T1059.005 Visual Basic

Author: Stefan Waldvogel

LimaCharlie vs. Visual Basic

Overview:
Description from ATT&CK
Adversaries may abuse Visual Basic (VB) for execution. VB is a programming language created by Microsoft with interoperability with many Windows technologies such as [Component Object Model](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1559/001) and the [Native API](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1106) through the Windows API. Although tagged as legacy with no planned future evolutions, VB is integrated and supported in the .NET Framework and cross-platform .NET Core.(Citation: VB .NET Mar 2020)(Citation: VB Microsoft)
Derivative languages based on VB have also been created, such as Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and VBScript. VBA is an event-driven programming language built into Microsoft Office, as well as several third-party applications.(Citation: Microsoft VBA)(Citation: Wikipedia VBA) VBA enables documents to contain macros used to automate the execution of tasks and other functionality on the host. VBScript is a default scripting language on Windows hosts and can also be used in place of JavaScript on HTML Application (HTA) webpages served to Internet Explorer (though most modern browsers do not come with VBScript support).(Citation: Microsoft VBScript)

Adversaries may use VB payloads to execute malicious commands. Common malicious usage includes automating execution of behaviors with VBScript or embedding VBA content into Spearphishing Attachment payloads.
source: github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/tree/master/atomics

Commands:
Invoke-AtomicTest T1059.005 -ShowDetailsBrief
Invoke-AtomicTest T1059.005 -CheckPrereqs
Invoke-AtomicTest T1059.005 -GetPrereqs
Invoke-AtomicTest T1059.005

Invoke-AtomicTest T1059.005 -Cleanup

Changes:
This test works with Microsoft Word / Office (VBA), -> not installed

Limitations:

Result:
-not tested-

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