YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PET_Sharpstrike
Detect SharpStrike post-exploitation tool written in C# that uses either CIM or WMI to query remote systems
- 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
rule DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PET_Sharpstrike : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detect SharpStrike post-exploitation tool written in C# that uses either CIM or WMI to query remote systems"
= "ditekSHen"
= "00b36fce-3d84-51cf-a800-042d7484d78c"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-09-25"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/indicator_tools.yar#L1145-L1160"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "c479d85878d9f9659fc157f0c6706703af3748a8740df6a5090cddc720dd7661"
= 75
= 75
= "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)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $x1 | text | "SharpStrike v" | wide |
| $x2 | text | "[*] Agent is busy" | wide |
| $x3 | text | "SharpStrike_Fody" | fullword ascii |
| $s1 | text | "ServiceLayer.CIM" | fullword ascii |
| $s2 | text | "Models.CIM" | fullword ascii |
| $s3 | text | "<HandleCommand>b__" | ascii |
| $s4 | text | "MemoryStream" | fullword ascii |
| $s5 | text | "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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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: 00b36fce-3d84-51cf-a800-042d7484d78c
Tags:FILE
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