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DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_Edgecookiesview

Detects EdgeCookiesView

Suspicious / huntingditekSHen detectionBSD 2-Clause LicenseCompiles with YARA-X
Author
ditekSHen
Date
2020-11-06
Modified
2024-09-25
Score / Quality
75 / 75

What this rule detects

Detects EdgeCookiesView

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 7 patterns (7 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

indicator-tool-edgecookiesview.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_Edgecookiesview : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects EdgeCookiesView"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "42c6eb2e-bf5c-5956-9009-c29551ce715d"
		date = "2020-11-06"
		modified = "2024-09-25"
		reference = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
		source_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/indicator_tools.yar#L833-L847"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "9ba6d416e02c1958806356c67636609dcca758da9f7e3d1fc15244cc5ff038fc"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "AddRemarkCookiesTXT" fullword wide
		$s2 = "# Netscape HTTP Cookie File" fullword wide
		$s3 = "/scookiestxt" fullword wide
		$s4 = "/deleteregkey" fullword wide
		$s5 = "Load cookies from:" wide
		$s6 = "Old cookies folder of Edge/IE" wide
		$pdb = "\\EdgeCookiesView\\Release\\EdgeCookiesView.pdb" ascii

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 5 of ( $s* ) or ( ( $pdb ) and 2 of ( $s* ) ) )
}

Strings (7 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"AddRemarkCookiesTXT"fullword wide
$s2text"# Netscape HTTP Cookie File"fullword wide
$s3text"/scookiestxt"fullword wide
$s4text"/deleteregkey"fullword wide
$s5text"Load cookies from:"wide
$s6text"Old cookies folder of Edge/IE"wide
$pdbtext"\\EdgeCookiesView\\Release\\EdgeCookiesView.pdb"ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 5 of ( $s* ) or ( ( $pdb ) and 2 of ( $s* ) ) )

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • At least 5 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
  • At least 2 patterns in ( $s* ) 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).

Original rule

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

Rule id: 42c6eb2e-bf5c-5956-9009-c29551ce715d

Tags:FILE