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MALPEDIA_Win_Cova_Auto
autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator
- Author
- Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
- Date
- 2026-05-04
- Modified
- 2026-05-18
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator
Associated malware family: Cova.
It defines 10 patterns (0 text, 10 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
win-cova-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Cova_Auto : FILE
{
meta:
= "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
= "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
= "d9a7c58b-e153-5509-9dd6-42fb3c64fb6e"
= "2026-05-04"
= "2026-05-18"
= "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.cova"
= "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.cova_auto.yar#L1-L119"
= "N/A"
= "6df5413ed9281b7c21331e877b1103faf7f6d9e2e13d53e94329d8c943fa063c"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
= "1"
= "yara-signator v0.6.0"
= "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
= "20260422"
= "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14"
= "20260504"
= "CC BY-SA 4.0"
= "TLP:WHITE"
strings:
$sequence_0 = { 813bc8000000 7577 488d4d88 ff9598000000 488d4d80 8bf0 b81f85eb51 }
$sequence_1 = { 4c8d8d70120000 4c8d8560010000 4889542430 488d95e0000000 }
$sequence_2 = { 488d442440 4889442428 488d0518a30000 4889442420 4c8b4c2450 4c8b442458 }
$sequence_3 = { 488d8d00150000 ff55b0 448d4e08 4c8d442470 8d1400 488d8d00150000 ff5550 }
$sequence_4 = { 41b806000000 488d158e680000 483950f0 740c 488b10 4885d2 }
$sequence_5 = { 33d2 33c9 ff5778 488bd8 4885c0 741f ba20bf0200 }
$sequence_6 = { 57 4883ec20 488d1ddf5e0000 bf0a000000 }
$sequence_7 = { 7d08 8d4a30 418808 eb06 }
$sequence_8 = { 4885c9 741c f0ff09 7517 488d05bf830000 }
$sequence_9 = { ba20bf0200 488bc8 ff5720 3d80000000 742a }
condition:
7 of them and filesize < 123904
}
Strings (10 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $sequence_0 | hex | { 813bc8000000 7577 488d4d88 ff9598000000 488d4d80 8bf0 b81f85eb51 } | |
| $sequence_1 | hex | { 4c8d8d70120000 4c8d8560010000 4889542430 488d95e0000000 } | |
| $sequence_2 | hex | { 488d442440 4889442428 488d0518a30000 4889442420 4c8b4c2450 4c8b442458 } | |
| $sequence_3 | hex | { 488d8d00150000 ff55b0 448d4e08 4c8d442470 8d1400 488d8d00150000 ff5550 } | |
| $sequence_4 | hex | { 41b806000000 488d158e680000 483950f0 740c 488b10 4885d2 } | |
| $sequence_5 | hex | { 33d2 33c9 ff5778 488bd8 4885c0 741f ba20bf0200 } | |
| $sequence_6 | hex | { 57 4883ec20 488d1ddf5e0000 bf0a000000 } | |
| $sequence_7 | hex | { 7d08 8d4a30 418808 eb06 } | |
| $sequence_8 | hex | { 4885c9 741c f0ff09 7517 488d05bf830000 } | |
| $sequence_9 | hex | { ba20bf0200 488bc8 ff5720 3d80000000 742a } |
Condition
7 of them and filesize < 123904In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must be smaller than 123904 (a cheap guard that skips large files).
- At least 7 patterns in the rule must match.
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Licence & attribution
Author: Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Source repository: Malpedia signator rules @ c901f97b7d
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (repository licence)
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: d9a7c58b-e153-5509-9dd6-42fb3c64fb6e
Metadata
| version | 1 |
|---|---|
| tool | yara-signator v0.6.0 |
| signator_config | callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue |
| malpedia_rule_date | 20260422 |
| malpedia_hash | a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14 |
| malpedia_version | 20260504 |
| malpedia_license | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| malpedia_sharing | TLP:WHITE |
Tags:FILE
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