YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Kimsuky
Detects Kimsuky backdoor
- 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:
= "Detects Kimsuky backdoor"
= "ditekshen"
= "6216b874-13f1-5283-9d17-90b7ca6996f8"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L2707-L2730"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "9f9e64a9cfb3f61bc6b355035c5f0644e4750b740e05cb557c6183c7acfc5a19"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
= "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)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "Win%d.%d.%dx64" | fullword ascii |
| $s2 | text | ".zip" | fullword ascii |
| $s3 | text | ".enc" | fullword ascii |
| $s4 | text | "&p2=a" | fullword ascii |
| $s5 | text | "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"binary\"; filename=\"" | fullword ascii |
| $s6 | text | "%s/?m=a&p1=%s&p2=%s-%s-v%d" | fullword ascii |
| $s7 | text | "/?m=b&p1=" | fullword ascii |
| $s8 | text | "/?m=c&p1=" | fullword ascii |
| $s9 | text | "/?m=d&p1=" | fullword ascii |
| $s10 | text | "http://%s/%s/?m=e&p1=%s&p2=%s&p3=%s" | fullword ascii |
| $s11 | text | "taskkill.exe /im iexplore.exe /f" | fullword ascii |
| $s12 | text | "GetParent" | fullword ascii |
| $s13 | text | "DllRegisterServer" | fullword ascii |
| $dll1 | text | "AutoUpdate.dll" | fullword ascii |
| $dll2 | text | "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).
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_sig | MALWARE.Win.Trojan.Kimsuky |
|---|
Tags:FILE
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