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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Dlagent06

Detects known downloader agent downloading encoded binaries in patches

MalwareDlagent06ditekSHen 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 known downloader agent downloading encoded binaries in patches

Associated malware family: Dlagent06.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 8 patterns (8 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

malware-win-dlagent06.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Dlagent06 : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects known downloader agent downloading encoded binaries in patches"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "00cb5184-b12d-5014-bee8-116cc72dfa47"
		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#L4593-L4610"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "9188804ad0e08f3e0cd09eb8815abea14da5aa28aef9084d19108a24f49f65c7"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"
		snort2_sid = "920122"
		snort3_sid = "920119"

	strings:
		$s1 = "totallist" fullword ascii wide
		$s2 = "LINKS_HERE" fullword wide
		$s3 = "[SPLITTER]" fullword wide
		$var2_1 = "DownloadWeb" fullword ascii
		$var2_2 = "WriteByte" fullword ascii
		$var2_3 = "MemoryStream" fullword ascii
		$var2_4 = "DownloadString" fullword ascii
		$var2_5 = "WebClient" fullword ascii

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( ( all of ( $s* ) and 2 of ( $var2* ) ) or ( 4 of ( $var2* ) and 2 of ( $s* ) ) )
}

Strings (8 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"totallist"fullword ascii wide
$s2text"LINKS_HERE"fullword wide
$s3text"[SPLITTER]"fullword wide
$var2_1text"DownloadWeb"fullword ascii
$var2_2text"WriteByte"fullword ascii
$var2_3text"MemoryStream"fullword ascii
$var2_4text"DownloadString"fullword ascii
$var2_5text"WebClient"fullword ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( ( all of ( $s* ) and 2 of ( $var2* ) ) or ( 4 of ( $var2* ) and 2 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 ( $var2* ) must match.
  • At least 4 patterns in ( $var2* ) must match.
  • At least 2 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: 00cb5184-b12d-5014-bee8-116cc72dfa47

Metadata

snort2_sid920122
snort3_sid920119

Tags:FILE