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SEKOIA_Apt_Uac0154_Malicious_Html_Smuggling

UAC-0154 Infection chain

APT / threat actorSEKOIA.IO CommunityDetection Rule License 1.1Compiles with YARA-X
Author
Sekoia.io
Date
2023-10-02
Modified
2024-12-19
Score / Quality
75 / 80

What this rule detects

UAC-0154 Infection chain

It defines 3 patterns (3 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

apt-uac0154-malicious-html-smuggling.yarDetection Rule License 1.1
rule SEKOIA_Apt_Uac0154_Malicious_Html_Smuggling : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "UAC-0154 Infection chain"
		author = "Sekoia.io"
		id = "923d11e5-6332-456d-8aff-ae7fb76193a8"
		date = "2023-10-02"
		modified = "2024-12-19"
		reference = "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community"
		source_url = "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/apt_uac0154_malicious_html_smuggling.yar#L1-L17"
		license_url = "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
		logic_hash = "ba37b076ac29edcb9af7792420b527b0d64e7838e0237b39afe98a817eafdf7e"
		score = 75
		quality = 80
		tags = "FILE"
		version = "1.0"
		classification = "TLP:CLEAR"

	strings:
		$ = "Microsoft® HTML Help Workshop 4.1"
		$ = "var a=['"
		$ = ")+b('0x"

	condition:
		all of them and filesize < 100KB
}

Strings (3 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$text"Microsoft&reg; HTML Help Workshop 4.1"
$text"var a=['"
$text")+b('0x"

Condition

all of them and filesize < 100KB

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 100KB (a cheap guard that skips large files).
  • All patterns in the rule must match.

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References

Licence & attribution

Author: Sekoia.io

Source repository: SEKOIA.IO Community @ a438a5901a

Licence: Detection Rule License 1.1 (repository licence)

Original rule

Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.

Rule id: 923d11e5-6332-456d-8aff-ae7fb76193a8

Metadata

version1.0
classificationTLP:CLEAR

Tags:FILE