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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Tigerrat

Detects TigerRAT

MalwareTiger RatditekSHen 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 TigerRAT

Associated malware family: Tiger Rat.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 11 patterns (11 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

malware-win-tigerrat.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Tigerrat : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects TigerRAT"
		author = "ditekshen"
		id = "37192fc8-1932-5f33-994a-bb319b131c58"
		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#L11738-L11756"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "38a238339db7e7f573e0c7362af5a08654a9e134f902c0ecae441250a0364c64"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$m0 = ".?AVCryptorRC4@@" fullword ascii
		$m1 = ".?AVModuleShell@@" fullword ascii
		$m2 = ".?AVModuleKeyLogger@@" fullword ascii
		$m3 = ".?AVModuleSocksTunnel@@" fullword ascii
		$m4 = ".?AVModuleScreenCapture@@" fullword ascii
		$m5 = ".?AVModulePortForwarder@@" fullword ascii
		$s1 = "\\x9891-009942-xnopcopie.dat" fullword wide
		$s2 = "(%02d : %02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d)--- %s[Clipboard]" fullword ascii
		$s3 = "[%02d : %02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d]--- %s[Title]" fullword ascii
		$s4 = "~KPTEMP" fullword wide
		$s5 = "del \"%s\"%s \"%s\" goto " ascii

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( ( all of ( $s* ) ) or ( 5 of ( $m* ) ) or ( 3 of ( $m* ) and 2 of ( $s* ) ) or ( 5 of them ) )
}

Strings (11 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$m0text".?AVCryptorRC4@@"fullword ascii
$m1text".?AVModuleShell@@"fullword ascii
$m2text".?AVModuleKeyLogger@@"fullword ascii
$m3text".?AVModuleSocksTunnel@@"fullword ascii
$m4text".?AVModuleScreenCapture@@"fullword ascii
$m5text".?AVModulePortForwarder@@"fullword ascii
$s1text"\\x9891-009942-xnopcopie.dat"fullword wide
$s2text"(%02d : %02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d)--- %s[Clipboard]"fullword ascii
$s3text"[%02d : %02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d]--- %s[Title]"fullword ascii
$s4text"~KPTEMP"fullword wide
$s5text"del \"%s\"%s \"%s\" goto "ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( ( all of ( $s* ) ) or ( 5 of ( $m* ) ) or ( 3 of ( $m* ) and 2 of ( $s* ) ) or ( 5 of them ) )

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • All patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
  • At least 5 patterns in ( $m* ) must match.
  • At least 3 patterns in ( $m* ) must match.
  • At least 2 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
  • At least 5 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: 37192fc8-1932-5f33-994a-bb319b131c58

Tags:FILE

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