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DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_Sharpldap

Detects SharpLDAP tool written in C# that aims to do enumeration via LDAP queries

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 SharpLDAP tool written in C# that aims to do enumeration via LDAP queries

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-sharpldap.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_Sharpldap : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects SharpLDAP tool written in C# that aims to do enumeration via LDAP queries"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "597e578d-41f0-595e-b92c-0c3676d8b47a"
		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#L1660-L1675"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "da5db3f2907229dc68e3c6f3351361a4b1fb9fe8afc597c9dfe611f9725c6181"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$x1 = "SharpLDAP" ascii wide
		$x2 = "SharpLDAP.pdb" ascii
		$s1 = "(&(objectCategory=computer)(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=8192))" wide
		$s2 = "(&(servicePrincipalName=*))" wide
		$s3 = "/Enumerating (Domain|Enterprise|Organizational|Service|Members|Users|Computers)/" wide
		$s4 = "ListMembers" fullword ascii
		$s5 = "GroupMembers" fullword ascii
		$s6 = "get_SamAccountName" fullword ascii

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( ( 1 of ( $x* ) and 4 of ( $s* ) ) or ( 5 of ( $s* ) ) )
}

Strings (8 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$x1text"SharpLDAP"ascii wide
$x2text"SharpLDAP.pdb"ascii
$s1text"(&(objectCategory=computer)(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=8192))"wide
$s2text"(&(servicePrincipalName=*))"wide
$s3text"/Enumerating (Domain|Enterprise|Organizational|Service|Members|Users|Computers)/"wide
$s4text"ListMembers"fullword ascii
$s5text"GroupMembers"fullword ascii
$s6text"get_SamAccountName"fullword ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( ( 1 of ( $x* ) and 4 of ( $s* ) ) or ( 5 of ( $s* ) ) )

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • At least 1 patterns in ( $x* ) must match.
  • At least 4 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
  • At least 5 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: 597e578d-41f0-595e-b92c-0c3676d8b47a

Tags:FILE