VBA Stomping
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1564.007
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1564.007",
"title": "VBA Stomping",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1564/007",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--c898c4b5-bf36-4e6e-a4ad-5b8c4c13e35b",
"external_id": "T1564.007",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-09-17T12:51:40.845Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.716Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "pcodedmp Bontchev",
"url": "https://github.com/bontchev/pcodedmp"
},
{
"source_name": "FireEye VBA stomp Feb 2020",
"url": "https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/01/stomp-2-dis-brilliance-in-the-visual-basics.html"
},
{
"source_name": "Evil Clippy May 2019",
"url": "https://outflank.nl/blog/2019/05/05/evil-clippy-ms-office-maldoc-assistant/"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft _VBA_PROJECT Stream",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_file_formats/ms-ovba/ef7087ac-3974-4452-aab2-7dba2214d239"
},
{
"source_name": "Walmart Roberts Oct 2018",
"url": "https://medium.com/walmartglobaltech/vba-stomping-advanced-maldoc-techniques-612c484ab278"
}
]
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1042 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1564.007
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9f001062-668f-45c9-a747-f224c8e5712a
Microsoft Disable VBA Jan 2020ATTACK:enterprise:T1564.007 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1564
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ddff2aa4-975a-4a89-9c1d-b0a4b3a07b63