YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Linux_PLEAD
PLEAD Linux payload
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
PLEAD Linux payload
Associated malware family: Plead.
It defines 15 patterns (15 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
malware-linux-plead.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Linux_PLEAD : FILE
{
meta:
= "PLEAD Linux payload"
= "ditekSHen"
= "07aa0561-d6d9-53b6-97ac-670cdf04335d"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L1896-L1920"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "539998248ded0eb8ea1702c527804f89cfd55412f17ec699bd0af801f4fba673"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
= "MALWARE.Linux.Trojan.PLEAD"
strings:
$x1 = "CFileTransfer" ascii
$x2 = "CFileManager" ascii
$x3 = "CPortForward" ascii
$x4 = "CPortForwardManager" ascii
$x5 = "CRemoteShell" ascii
$x6 = "CSockClient" ascii
$s1 = "/proc/self/exe" fullword ascii
$s2 = "/bin/sh" fullword ascii
$s3 = "echo -e '" ascii
$s4 = "%s <DIR> %s" ascii
$s5 = "%s %lld %s" ascii
$s6 = "Files: %d Size: %lld" ascii
$s7 = "Dirs: %d" ascii
$s8 = "%s(%s)/" ascii
$s9 = "%s %s %s %s" ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x457f and ( all of ( $x* ) or all of ( $s* ) or 12 of them )
}
Strings (15 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $x1 | text | "CFileTransfer" | ascii |
| $x2 | text | "CFileManager" | ascii |
| $x3 | text | "CPortForward" | ascii |
| $x4 | text | "CPortForwardManager" | ascii |
| $x5 | text | "CRemoteShell" | ascii |
| $x6 | text | "CSockClient" | ascii |
| $s1 | text | "/proc/self/exe" | fullword ascii |
| $s2 | text | "/bin/sh" | fullword ascii |
| $s3 | text | "echo -e '" | ascii |
| $s4 | text | "%s <DIR> %s" | ascii |
| $s5 | text | "%s %lld %s" | ascii |
| $s6 | text | "Files: %d Size: %lld" | ascii |
| $s7 | text | "Dirs: %d" | ascii |
| $s8 | text | "%s(%s)/" | ascii |
| $s9 | text | "%s %s %s %s" | ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x457f and ( all of ( $x* ) or all of ( $s* ) or 12 of them )In plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in ( $x* ) must match.
- All patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
- At least 12 patterns in the rule 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: 07aa0561-d6d9-53b6-97ac-670cdf04335d
Metadata
| clamav_sig | MALWARE.Linux.Trojan.PLEAD |
|---|
Tags:FILE
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