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DITEKSHEN_PUA_Win_Ultrasurf

Detects UltraSurf / Ultrareach PUA

Potentially unwantedditekSHen 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 UltraSurf / Ultrareach PUA

Targets: Windows PE.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

pua-win-ultrasurf.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_PUA_Win_Ultrasurf : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects UltraSurf / Ultrareach PUA"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "ba0f6867-bddc-5e72-978c-8e29b1b6b709"
		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#L5792-L5807"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "d8d17b1bf20c12f864697d3dd66f345a8b93e2a75f0489b58b23b7f5264b6be3"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "Ultrareach Internet Corp." ascii
		$s2 = "UltrasurfUnionRectUrlFixupWUse Proxy" ascii
		$s3 = "Ultrasurf UnlockFileUrlEscapeWUser-Agent" ascii wide
		$s4 = "Ultrasurf0#" ascii
		$m1 = "main.bindata_read" fullword ascii
		$m2 = "main.icon64_png" fullword ascii
		$m3 = "main.setProxy" fullword ascii
		$m4 = "main.openbrowser" fullword ascii

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 2 of ( $s* ) or ( all of ( $m* ) and 1 of ( $s* ) ) )
}

Strings (8 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"Ultrareach Internet Corp."ascii
$s2text"UltrasurfUnionRectUrlFixupWUse Proxy"ascii
$s3text"Ultrasurf UnlockFileUrlEscapeWUser-Agent"ascii wide
$s4text"Ultrasurf0#"ascii
$m1text"main.bindata_read"fullword ascii
$m2text"main.icon64_png"fullword ascii
$m3text"main.setProxy"fullword ascii
$m4text"main.openbrowser"fullword ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 2 of ( $s* ) or ( all of ( $m* ) and 1 of ( $s* ) ) )

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • All patterns in ( $m* ) must match.
  • At least 2 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
  • At least 1 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: ba0f6867-bddc-5e72-978c-8e29b1b6b709

Tags:FILE