hancitor | 773f5e4bc9f8c4aac82f8cab8f416efe83f5a39735358301c6ca0559d61c8bf0

Analysis

max time kernel
128s
max time network
127s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7
submitted
22-10-2020 16:12

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General

Target

xl.png.exe
Size

675KB
MD5

e122130010bcf147886f9d29a3c0b40d
SHA1

b65a0b20ec97040b929ebaca5ef5970e1017a3f5
SHA256

773f5e4bc9f8c4aac82f8cab8f416efe83f5a39735358301c6ca0559d61c8bf0
SHA512

a2f55b48fbc0eaa372d4db06b495236f05813c06cf2e31eecd12effae56806a2712be4c72119c518dab390487034b0ecff94f83047d3476d58d67bc24a1f7501

Score

10^/10

hancitor downloader persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Hancitor
Hancitor is downloader used to deliver other malware families.
downloader hancitor

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1968	WinHost32.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1992	cmd.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1496	xl.png.exe
1496	xl.png.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinHost32 = "C:\\Windows\\System32\\WinHost32.exe"	xl.png.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

flow	ioc
4	api.ipify.org

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WinHost32.exe	xl.png.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1496	xl.png.exe
1968	WinHost32.exe
1968	WinHost32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1968	1496	xl.png.exe	25
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1968	1496	xl.png.exe	25
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1968	1496	xl.png.exe	25
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1968	1496	xl.png.exe	25
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1992	1496	xl.png.exe	26
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1992	1496	xl.png.exe	26
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1992	1496	xl.png.exe	26
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1992	1496	xl.png.exe	26

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xl.png.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xl.png.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1496
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WinHost32.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\WinHost32.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:1968
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xl.png.exe >> NUL
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  PID:1992

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/944-5-0x000007FEF6B10000-0x000007FEF6D8A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.5MB

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