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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Ipsechelper
Detects IPsecHelper backdoor
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects IPsecHelper backdoor
Associated malware family: Ipsechelper.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 16 patterns (16 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
malware-win-ipsechelper.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Ipsechelper : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects IPsecHelper backdoor"
= "ditekSHen"
= "f848ac2a-95ad-596a-b193-5cfb424e33a2"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L6256-L6279"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "be0ecf8a97d289b15b902420d769925b7b22ab835bd7d10d10b059119f41e540"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
strings:
$s1 = "rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks" wide
$s2 = "CommandExecute" fullword ascii
$s3 = "DownloadExecuteUrl" fullword ascii
$s4 = "DownloadExecuteFile" fullword ascii
$s5 = "CmdExecute" fullword ascii
$s6 = "ExecuteProcessWithResult" fullword ascii
$s7 = "IsFirstInstance ==> checked" fullword wide
$s8 = "del \"%PROG%%SERVICENAME%\".*" fullword wide
$s9 = ".CreateConfig" wide
$s10 = ".SelfDelete" wide
$c1 = "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; EmbeddedWB 14.52 from: http://www.google.com/ EmbeddedWB 14.52;" wide
$c2 = "boot.php" wide
$c3 = "lastupdate.php" wide
$c4 = "main.php" wide
$c5 = "InternetNeeded" wide
$c6 = "DeviceIdSalt" wide
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 6 of ( $s* ) or 4 of ( $c* ) or 8 of them )
}
Strings (16 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks" | wide |
| $s2 | text | "CommandExecute" | fullword ascii |
| $s3 | text | "DownloadExecuteUrl" | fullword ascii |
| $s4 | text | "DownloadExecuteFile" | fullword ascii |
| $s5 | text | "CmdExecute" | fullword ascii |
| $s6 | text | "ExecuteProcessWithResult" | fullword ascii |
| $s7 | text | "IsFirstInstance ==> checked" | fullword wide |
| $s8 | text | "del \"%PROG%%SERVICENAME%\".*" | fullword wide |
| $s9 | text | ".CreateConfig" | wide |
| $s10 | text | ".SelfDelete" | wide |
| $c1 | text | "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; EmbeddedWB 14.52 from: http://www.google.com/ EmbeddedWB 14.52;" | wide |
| $c2 | text | "boot.php" | wide |
| $c3 | text | "lastupdate.php" | wide |
| $c4 | text | "main.php" | wide |
| $c5 | text | "InternetNeeded" | wide |
| $c6 | text | "DeviceIdSalt" | wide |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 6 of ( $s* ) or 4 of ( $c* ) or 8 of them )In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- At least 6 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
- At least 4 patterns in ( $c* ) must match.
- At least 8 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: f848ac2a-95ad-596a-b193-5cfb424e33a2
Tags:FILE
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