YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_Sharpldap
Detects SharpLDAP tool written in C# that aims to do enumeration via LDAP queries
- 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
rule DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_Sharpldap : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects SharpLDAP tool written in C# that aims to do enumeration via LDAP queries"
= "ditekSHen"
= "597e578d-41f0-595e-b92c-0c3676d8b47a"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-09-25"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/indicator_tools.yar#L1660-L1675"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "da5db3f2907229dc68e3c6f3351361a4b1fb9fe8afc597c9dfe611f9725c6181"
= 75
= 75
= "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)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $x1 | text | "SharpLDAP" | ascii wide |
| $x2 | text | "SharpLDAP.pdb" | ascii |
| $s1 | text | "(&(objectCategory=computer)(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=8192))" | wide |
| $s2 | text | "(&(servicePrincipalName=*))" | wide |
| $s3 | text | "/Enumerating (Domain|Enterprise|Organizational|Service|Members|Users|Computers)/" | wide |
| $s4 | text | "ListMembers" | fullword ascii |
| $s5 | text | "GroupMembers" | fullword ascii |
| $s6 | text | "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).
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
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