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HackTool - Htran/NATBypass Execution

Status
test
Severity
high
Log source
product windows, category process_creation
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects executable names or flags used by Htran or Htran-like tools (e.g. NATBypass)

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Command & ControlT1090 Proxy

Event coverage

Rule body yaml

title: HackTool - Htran/NATBypass Execution
id: f5e3b62f-e577-4e59-931e-0a15b2b94e1e
status: test
description: Detects executable names or flags used by Htran or Htran-like tools (e.g. NATBypass)
references:
    - https://github.com/HiwinCN/HTran
    - https://github.com/cw1997/NATBypass
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-12-27
modified: 2023-02-04
tags:
    - attack.command-and-control
    - attack.t1090
    - attack.s0040
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\htran.exe'
            - '\lcx.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '.exe -tran '
            - '.exe -slave '
    condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

1 of selection_*

Stage 1: selection_img

selection_img:
    Image|endswith:
        - '\htran.exe'
        - '\lcx.exe'

Stage 2: selection_cli

selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - '.exe -tran '
        - '.exe -slave '

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
CommandLinematch
  • .exe -slave
  • .exe -tran
Imageends_with
  • \htran.exe corpus 2 (sigma 2)
  • \lcx.exe