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HackTool - PCHunter Execution
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
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HackTool - PCHunter Execution
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: HackTool - PCHunter Execution
id: fca949cc-79ca-446e-8064-01aa7e52ece5
status: test
description: Detects suspicious use of PCHunter, a tool like Process Hacker to view and manipulate processes, kernel options and other low level stuff
references:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20231210115125/http://www.xuetr.com/
- https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/falcon-overwatch-report-finds-increase-in-ecrime/
- https://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2018/04/20/kernel-hacking-tool-you-might-have-never-heard-of-xuetr-pchunter/
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali
date: 2022-10-10
modified: 2024-11-23
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.discovery
- attack.t1082
- attack.t1057
- attack.t1012
- attack.t1083
- attack.t1007
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_image:
Image|endswith:
- '\PCHunter64.exe'
- '\PCHunter32.exe'
selection_pe:
- OriginalFileName: 'PCHunter.exe'
- Description: 'Epoolsoft Windows Information View Tools'
selection_hashes:
Hashes|contains:
- 'SHA1=5F1CBC3D99558307BC1250D084FA968521482025'
- 'MD5=987B65CD9B9F4E9A1AFD8F8B48CF64A7'
- 'SHA256=2B214BDDAAB130C274DE6204AF6DBA5AEEC7433DA99AA950022FA306421A6D32'
- 'IMPHASH=444D210CEA1FF8112F256A4997EED7FF'
- 'SHA1=3FB89787CB97D902780DA080545584D97FB1C2EB'
- 'MD5=228DD0C2E6287547E26FFBD973A40F14'
- 'SHA256=55F041BF4E78E9BFA6D4EE68BE40E496CE3A1353E1CA4306598589E19802522C'
- 'IMPHASH=0479F44DF47CFA2EF1CCC4416A538663'
condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unlikely
level: high
CLI command
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_pchunter.yml