YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_BURTNCIGAR
Detects BURNTCIGAR a utility which terminates processes associated with endpoint security software
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-09-25
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects BURNTCIGAR a utility which terminates processes associated with endpoint security software
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 4 patterns (4 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_BURTNCIGAR : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects BURNTCIGAR a utility which terminates processes associated with endpoint security software"
= "ditekSHen"
= "b5260d7e-07ac-5633-b450-e2124cbba65b"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-09-25"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/indicator_tools.yar#L1604-L1616"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "4977332a0b20b300a5fc34f0f8d56221f55b66783853306d803e91701cb7e6ec"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
= "INDICATOR.Win.TOOL.BURNTCIGAR"
strings:
$s1 = "Kill PID =" ascii
$s2 = "CreateFile Error =" ascii
$s3 = "\\KillAV" ascii
$s4 = "DeviceIoControl" ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 3 of them
}
Strings (4 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "Kill PID =" | ascii |
| $s2 | text | "CreateFile Error =" | ascii |
| $s3 | text | "\\KillAV" | ascii |
| $s4 | text | "DeviceIoControl" | ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 3 of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- At least 3 patterns in the rule must match.
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References
Licence & attribution
Author: ditekSHen
Source repository: ditekSHen detection @ e76c93dcde
Licence: BSD 2-Clause License (repository licence)
Copyright notice: Copyright 2021 by ditekSHen (https://github.com/ditekshen/detection).
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: b5260d7e-07ac-5633-b450-e2124cbba65b
Metadata
| clamav1 | INDICATOR.Win.TOOL.BURNTCIGAR |
|---|
Tags:FILE
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