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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Celestybinderloader

Detects Celesty Binder loader

MalwareCelestybinderloaderditekSHen detectionBSD 2-Clause LicenseCompiles with YARA-X
Author
ditekSHen
Date
2020-11-06
Modified
2024-11-01
Score / Quality
75 / 75

What this rule detects

Detects Celesty Binder loader

Associated malware family: Celestybinderloader.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 6 patterns (6 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

malware-win-celestybinderloader.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Celestybinderloader : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects Celesty Binder loader"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "9c3404b7-311c-565d-b0fa-cfa80ba97289"
		date = "2020-11-06"
		modified = "2024-11-01"
		reference = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
		source_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L10453-L10466"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "8c9ffd48c9c8cd345dccfb48bcb345282f9978f7cf906a61e2ea81c48486b16d"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "\\DarkCoderSc\\Desktop\\Celesty Binder\\Stub\\STATIC\\Stub.pdb" ascii
		$s2 = "DROPIN" fullword ascii wide
		$s3 = "EXEC" fullword ascii wide
		$s4 = "RBIND" fullword ascii wide
		$s5 = "%LAPPDATA%" fullword ascii wide
		$s6 = "%USERDIR%" fullword ascii wide

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and all of them
}

Strings (6 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"\\DarkCoderSc\\Desktop\\Celesty Binder\\Stub\\STATIC\\Stub.pdb"ascii
$s2text"DROPIN"fullword ascii wide
$s3text"EXEC"fullword ascii wide
$s4text"RBIND"fullword ascii wide
$s5text"%LAPPDATA%"fullword ascii wide
$s6text"%USERDIR%"fullword ascii wide

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and all of them

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • All patterns in the rule 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: 9c3404b7-311c-565d-b0fa-cfa80ba97289

Tags:FILE