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Database Entry
Hancitor
Vendor detections: 7
| SHA256 hash: | afba9deb16b5100c5964ca33cd42c2aa6b972ad104efd3d58e0ad8b7070cd5f4 |
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| SHA3-384 hash: | 9c78512cfa9522efd1398cb3f98a3d23a4554b5b3d292415cffcc9080bb2abfe5aa0ac8b47de126054bfbd021d13b4a5 |
| SHA1 hash: | 76334ccc6e92d579495671de47664180517cdf05 |
| MD5 hash: | 0f75ad40daec01aee7642795cc544bb3 |
| humanhash: | tennis-cat-vegan-september |
| File name: | 1118_8732615.doc |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | Hancitor |
| File size: | 619'520 bytes |
| First seen: | 2020-11-18 15:07:59 UTC |
| Last seen: | 2020-11-25 16:37:03 UTC |
| File type: |  doc |
| MIME type: | application/msword |
| ssdeep | 12288:9uE0gXPByytejpBOaFGyokkn7QljuI2hJdC3ZzoNSBr:9u3gXPQ2eXOaFefgCIn |
| TLSH | 02D4BF23B7A54C22F23747346CB38152DBBC7D41997CD99B31CA350E2E7B2E19924B4A |
| Reporter |  malware_traffic |
| Tags: | doc Hancitor macros |
Intelligence
File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
414
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Detection(s):
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Moving a file to the %AppData% subdirectory
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Sending an HTTP POST request
Launching a process
Creating a file
Sending a custom TCP request
Reading critical registry keys
Launching a service
Stealing user critical data
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Macro with Startup Hook
Detected macro logic that will automatically execute on document open. Most malware contains some execution hook.
Document With Few Pages
Document contains between one and three pages of content. Most malicious documents are sparse in page count.
Macro Execution Coercion
Detected a document that appears to social engineer the user into activating embedded logic.
Macro Contains Suspicious String
Detected a macro with a suspicious string. Suspicious strings include privileged function calls, obfuscations, odd registry keys, etc...
Result
Threat name:
Hidden Macro 4.0 Hancitor
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes
Document contains an embedded VBA macro which may execute processes
Document contains an embedded VBA macro with suspicious strings
Document exploit detected (drops PE files)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
May check the online IP address of the machine
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
Office process drops PE file
Sigma detected: Microsoft Office Product Spawning Windows Shell
Sigma detected: Suspicious Svchost Process
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Yara detected Hancitor
Yara detected hidden Macro 4.0 in Excel
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Document-Office.Downloader.Hancitor
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-11-18 15:09:01 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
26
AV detection:
22 of 29 (75.86%)
Threat level:
3/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
10/10
Tags:
macro
Behaviour
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
NTFS ADS
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Drops file in Windows directory
Looks up external IP address via web service
Loads dropped DLL
Blacklisted process makes network request
Process spawned unexpected child process
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Dropper
Score:
0.80
YARA Signatures
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| Rule name: | Excel_Hidden_Macro_Sheet |
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| Rule name: | hancitor |
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| Author: | J from THL <j@techhelplist.com> |
| Description: | Memory string yara for Hancitor |
| Rule name: | win_hancitor_auto |
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| Author: | Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com |
| Description: | autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator |
File information
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