YARA · elceef yara-rulz
ELCEEF_EICAR_Encrypted_ZIP
Detects EICAR file in any encrypted ZIP archive
- Author
- marcin@ulikowski.pl
- Date
- 2022-12-13
- Modified
- 2022-12-16
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects EICAR file in any encrypted ZIP archive
It defines 1 patterns (0 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).
YARA-X says: warning[potentially_slow_loop]: potentially slow loop
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
eicar-encrypted-zip.yarMIT License
rule ELCEEF_EICAR_Encrypted_ZIP
{
meta:
= "Detects EICAR file in any encrypted ZIP archive"
= "marcin@ulikowski.pl"
= "c12d42de-356a-584b-9c48-71e65940f1cf"
= "2022-12-13"
= "2022-12-16"
= "https://github.com/elceef/yara-rulz"
= "https://github.com/elceef/yara-rulz/blob/5683b294a12cf0c875b624933586029ae43a852f/rules/EICAR_Encrypted_ZIP.yara#L14-L44"
= "https://github.com/elceef/yara-rulz/blob/5683b294a12cf0c875b624933586029ae43a852f/LICENSE"
= "56851056671bde38338bd200d9fde59c042f35a2cd84ac9401e716f376c9502c"
= 75
= 75
= ""
strings:
$local = {
50 4b 03 04 // local file header signature (PK)
?? 00 // minimum version
?? 00 // flags (bit 0 and 6 indicate encryption)
?? 00 // compression method
?? ?? // last modification time
?? ?? // last modification date
?? ?? ?? ?? // CRC-32 of uncompressed and unencrypted data
?? ?? ?? ?? // compressed size
?? ?? ?? ?? // uncompressed size
}
condition:
for any i in ( 1 .. #local ) : ( ( uint8( @local [ i ] + 6 ) & 0x01 or uint8( @local [ i ] + 6 ) & 0x40 ) and uint32( @local [ i ] + 14 ) == 0x6851cf3c and uint32( @local [ i ] + 22 ) == 68 )
}
Strings (1 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $local | hex | { 50 4b 03 04 // local file header signature (PK) ?? 00 // minimum version ?? 00 // flags (bit 0 and 6 indicate encryption) ?? 00 // compression met … |
Condition
for any i in ( 1 .. #local ) : ( ( uint8( @local [ i ] + 6 ) & 0x01 or uint8( @local [ i ] + 6 ) & 0x40 ) and uint32( @local [ i ] + 14 ) == 0x6851cf3c and uint32( @local [ i ] + 22 ) == 68 )In plain words (Heuristic)
- A for-loop checks a property over several matches or items.
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References
Licence & attribution
Author: marcin@ulikowski.pl
Source repository: elceef yara-rulz @ 5683b294a1
Licence: MIT License (repository licence)
Copyright notice: Copyright (c) 2022 Marcin Ulikowski
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: c12d42de-356a-584b-9c48-71e65940f1cf
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