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GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Resources_Template_Sct_V3_3_To_V4_X
Cobalt Strike's resources/template.sct signature for versions v3.3 to v4.x
- Author
- gssincla@google.com
- Date
- 2022-11-18
- Modified
- 2022-11-19
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 85
What this rule detects
Cobalt Strike's resources/template.sct signature for versions v3.3 to v4.x
Associated malware family: Cobalt Strike.
It defines 8 patterns (8 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Resources_Template_Sct_V3_3_To_V4_X
{
meta:
= "Cobalt Strike's resources/template.sct signature for versions v3.3 to v4.x"
= "gssincla@google.com"
= "9d2b1dfa-5f76-503f-9198-6ed0d039e0cb"
= "2022-11-18"
= "2022-11-19"
= "https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/making-cobalt-strike-harder-for-threat-actors-to-abuse"
= "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/YARA/CobaltStrike/CobaltStrike__Resources_Template_Sct_v3_3_to_v4_x.yara#L17-L38"
= "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/LICENSE"
= "fc66cb120e7bc9209882620f5df7fdf45394c44ca71701a8662210cf3a40e142"
= "8868445ced4945c469764b7f311d6cb11c99cf0f2d770113e5e617e0187a962c"
= 75
= 85
= ""
strings:
$scriptletstart = "<scriptlet>" nocase
$registration = "<registration progid=" nocase
$classid = "classid=" nocase
$scriptlang = "<script language=\"vbscript\">" nocase
$cdata = "<![CDATA["
$scriptend = "</script>" nocase
$antiregistration = "</registration>" nocase
$scriptletend = "</scriptlet>"
condition:
all of them and @scriptletstart [ 1 ] < @registration [ 1 ] and @registration [ 1 ] < @classid [ 1 ] and @classid [ 1 ] < @scriptlang [ 1 ] and @scriptlang [ 1 ] < @cdata [ 1 ]
}
Strings (8 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $scriptletstart | text | "<scriptlet>" | nocase |
| $registration | text | "<registration progid=" | nocase |
| $classid | text | "classid=" | nocase |
| $scriptlang | text | "<script language=\"vbscript\">" | nocase |
| $cdata | text | "<![CDATA[" | |
| $scriptend | text | "</script>" | nocase |
| $antiregistration | text | "</registration>" | nocase |
| $scriptletend | text | "</scriptlet>" |
Condition
all of them and @scriptletstart [ 1 ] < @registration [ 1 ] and @registration [ 1 ] < @classid [ 1 ] and @classid [ 1 ] < @scriptlang [ 1 ] and @scriptlang [ 1 ] < @cdata [ 1 ]In plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in the rule must match.
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Sample hashes
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- fc66cb120e7bc9209882620f5df7fdf45394c44ca71701a8662210cf3a40e142
Licence & attribution
Author: gssincla@google.com
Source repository: Google Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI) @ 1c5fd42b18
Licence: Apache License 2.0 (repository licence)
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: 9d2b1dfa-5f76-503f-9198-6ed0d039e0cb
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