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DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PET_Sharpstrike

Detect SharpStrike post-exploitation tool written in C# that uses either CIM or WMI to query remote systems

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

Detect SharpStrike post-exploitation tool written in C# that uses either CIM or WMI to query remote systems

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 8 patterns (8 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

indicator-tool-pet-sharpstrike.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PET_Sharpstrike : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detect SharpStrike post-exploitation tool written in C# that uses either CIM or WMI to query remote systems"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "00b36fce-3d84-51cf-a800-042d7484d78c"
		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#L1145-L1160"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "c479d85878d9f9659fc157f0c6706703af3748a8740df6a5090cddc720dd7661"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$x1 = "SharpStrike v" wide
		$x2 = "[*] Agent is busy" wide
		$x3 = "SharpStrike_Fody" fullword ascii
		$s1 = "ServiceLayer.CIM" fullword ascii
		$s2 = "Models.CIM" fullword ascii
		$s3 = "<HandleCommand>b__" ascii
		$s4 = "MemoryStream" fullword ascii
		$s5 = "GetCommands" fullword ascii

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

Strings (8 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$x1text"SharpStrike v"wide
$x2text"[*] Agent is busy"wide
$x3text"SharpStrike_Fody"fullword ascii
$s1text"ServiceLayer.CIM"fullword ascii
$s2text"Models.CIM"fullword ascii
$s3text"<HandleCommand>b__"ascii
$s4text"MemoryStream"fullword ascii
$s5text"GetCommands"fullword ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 2 of ( $x* ) or all of ( $s* ) )

In plain words (Heuristic)

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

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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: 00b36fce-3d84-51cf-a800-042d7484d78c

Tags:FILE