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MALPEDIA_Win_Downeks_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareDowneksMalpedia signator rulesCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Compiles with YARA-X
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: Downeks.

It defines 10 patterns (0 text, 10 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-downeks-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Downeks_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "8b2a6554-990d-5230-ae29-0893455452fb"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.downeks"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.downeks_auto.yar#L1-L134"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "4f442da78ad9c372f04bf135865025a90df8d05dccae16541bd33990b38d0162"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"
		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"

	strings:
		$sequence_0 = { e8???????? 83c404 85c0 75aa 8b45fc 5f 5e }
		$sequence_1 = { 51 68d0620804 52 e8???????? 83c40c 5b 5f }
		$sequence_2 = { b8d06f0804 8a10 3a11 751a 84d2 7412 8a5001 }
		$sequence_3 = { 52 50 68681d0804 6a06 56 e8???????? 83c414 }
		$sequence_4 = { e8???????? 8bbd60ffffff 8b4da4 51 e8???????? 8b55a0 83c404 }
		$sequence_5 = { 8b7dc0 52 8bc6 e8???????? 83c404 56 e8???????? }
		$sequence_6 = { 8d854cfdffff 50 e8???????? c3 8d8dd4fdffff e9???????? 8d8588fcffff }
		$sequence_7 = { e8???????? 3bf3 7d49 8b45d4 8b08 8b5108 50 }
		$sequence_8 = { 8b450c ff3485c8790804 ff7508 e8???????? 83c40c 5d c3 }
		$sequence_9 = { cc 6a0c 6890850904 e8???????? e8???????? 8365fc00 ff7058 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 1318912
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ e8???????? 83c404 85c0 75aa 8b45fc 5f 5e }
$sequence_1hex{ 51 68d0620804 52 e8???????? 83c40c 5b 5f }
$sequence_2hex{ b8d06f0804 8a10 3a11 751a 84d2 7412 8a5001 }
$sequence_3hex{ 52 50 68681d0804 6a06 56 e8???????? 83c414 }
$sequence_4hex{ e8???????? 8bbd60ffffff 8b4da4 51 e8???????? 8b55a0 83c404 }
$sequence_5hex{ 8b7dc0 52 8bc6 e8???????? 83c404 56 e8???????? }
$sequence_6hex{ 8d854cfdffff 50 e8???????? c3 8d8dd4fdffff e9???????? 8d8588fcffff }
$sequence_7hex{ e8???????? 3bf3 7d49 8b45d4 8b08 8b5108 50 }
$sequence_8hex{ 8b450c ff3485c8790804 ff7508 e8???????? 83c40c 5d c3 }
$sequence_9hex{ cc 6a0c 6890850904 e8???????? e8???????? 8365fc00 ff7058 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 1318912

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 1318912 (a cheap guard that skips large files).
  • At least 7 patterns in the rule must match.

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References

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)

Original rule

Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.

Rule id: 8b2a6554-990d-5230-ae29-0893455452fb

Metadata

version1
toolyara-signator v0.6.0
signator_configcallsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue
malpedia_rule_date20260422
malpedia_hasha182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14
malpedia_version20260504
malpedia_licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
malpedia_sharingTLP:WHITE

Tags:FILE