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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Kimsuky

Detects Kimsuky backdoor

MalwareKimsukyditekSHen 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 Kimsuky backdoor

Associated malware family: Kimsuky.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 15 patterns (15 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

malware-win-kimsuky.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Kimsuky : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects Kimsuky backdoor"
		author = "ditekshen"
		id = "6216b874-13f1-5283-9d17-90b7ca6996f8"
		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#L2707-L2730"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "9f9e64a9cfb3f61bc6b355035c5f0644e4750b740e05cb557c6183c7acfc5a19"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"
		clamav_sig = "MALWARE.Win.Trojan.Kimsuky"

	strings:
		$s1 = "Win%d.%d.%dx64" fullword ascii
		$s2 = ".zip" fullword ascii
		$s3 = ".enc" fullword ascii
		$s4 = "&p2=a" fullword ascii
		$s5 = "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"binary\"; filename=\"" fullword ascii
		$s6 = "%s/?m=a&p1=%s&p2=%s-%s-v%d" fullword ascii
		$s7 = "/?m=b&p1=" fullword ascii
		$s8 = "/?m=c&p1=" fullword ascii
		$s9 = "/?m=d&p1=" fullword ascii
		$s10 = "http://%s/%s/?m=e&p1=%s&p2=%s&p3=%s" fullword ascii
		$s11 = "taskkill.exe /im iexplore.exe /f" fullword ascii
		$s12 = "GetParent" fullword ascii
		$s13 = "DllRegisterServer" fullword ascii
		$dll1 = "AutoUpdate.dll" fullword ascii
		$dll2 = "dropper-ie64.dll" fullword ascii

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( ( 1 of ( $dll* ) and 7 of ( $s* ) ) or ( 11 of ( $* ) ) )
}

Strings (15 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"Win%d.%d.%dx64"fullword ascii
$s2text".zip"fullword ascii
$s3text".enc"fullword ascii
$s4text"&p2=a"fullword ascii
$s5text"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"binary\"; filename=\""fullword ascii
$s6text"%s/?m=a&p1=%s&p2=%s-%s-v%d"fullword ascii
$s7text"/?m=b&p1="fullword ascii
$s8text"/?m=c&p1="fullword ascii
$s9text"/?m=d&p1="fullword ascii
$s10text"http://%s/%s/?m=e&p1=%s&p2=%s&p3=%s"fullword ascii
$s11text"taskkill.exe /im iexplore.exe /f"fullword ascii
$s12text"GetParent"fullword ascii
$s13text"DllRegisterServer"fullword ascii
$dll1text"AutoUpdate.dll"fullword ascii
$dll2text"dropper-ie64.dll"fullword ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( ( 1 of ( $dll* ) and 7 of ( $s* ) ) or ( 11 of ( $* ) ) )

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • At least 1 patterns in ( $dll* ) must match.
  • At least 7 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
  • At least 11 patterns in ( $* ) 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: 6216b874-13f1-5283-9d17-90b7ca6996f8

Metadata

clamav_sigMALWARE.Win.Trojan.Kimsuky

Tags:FILE

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