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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Gaudox

Detects Gaudox RAT

MalwareGaudoxditekSHen 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 Gaudox RAT

Associated malware family: Gaudox.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 2 patterns (2 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

Download .yar
malware-win-gaudox.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Gaudox : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects Gaudox RAT"
		author = "ditekshen"
		id = "c60ac433-20a1-5f01-9447-fa99621bd9e2"
		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#L3883-L3893"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "117ee89e264067ab3e695688872bbe7d83963731e877d04ac7e2505e64f6e793"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "hdr=%s&tid;=%s&cid;=%s&trs;=%i" ascii wide
		$s2 = "\\\\\\\\.\\\\PhysicalDrive%u" ascii wide

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

Strings (2 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"hdr=%s&tid;=%s&cid;=%s&trs;=%i"ascii wide
$s2text"\\\\\\\\.\\\\PhysicalDrive%u"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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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: c60ac433-20a1-5f01-9447-fa99621bd9e2

Tags:FILE

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