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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Warzonerat

Detects AveMaria/WarzoneRAT

MalwareWarzoneratditekSHen 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 AveMaria/WarzoneRAT

Associated malware family: Warzonerat.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 8 patterns (8 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

malware-win-warzonerat.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Warzonerat : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects AveMaria/WarzoneRAT"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "4f3df696-280c-5f2b-9511-8cc7c9dff1d6"
		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#L2996-L3011"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "1af8b0f90b0de3287499082a6d6d9da6ed62a3110018e0c0f7149353693060b2"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "RDPClip" fullword wide
		$s2 = "Grabber" fullword wide
		$s3 = "Ave_Maria Stealer OpenSource" wide
		$s4 = "\\MidgetPorn\\workspace\\MsgBox.exe" wide
		$s5 = "@\\cmd.exe" wide
		$s6 = "/n:%temp%\\ellocnak.xml" wide
		$s7 = "Hey I'm Admin" wide
		$s8 = "warzone160" fullword ascii

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 5 of ( $s* )
}

Strings (8 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"RDPClip"fullword wide
$s2text"Grabber"fullword wide
$s3text"Ave_Maria Stealer OpenSource"wide
$s4text"\\MidgetPorn\\workspace\\MsgBox.exe"wide
$s5text"@\\cmd.exe"wide
$s6text"/n:%temp%\\ellocnak.xml"wide
$s7text"Hey I'm Admin"wide
$s8text"warzone160"fullword ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 5 of ( $s* )

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • At least 5 patterns in ( $s* ) 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: 4f3df696-280c-5f2b-9511-8cc7c9dff1d6

Tags:FILE