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MALPEDIA_Win_Headertip_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareHeadertipMalpedia 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: Headertip.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-headertip-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Headertip_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "e5bb308f-a1fe-5294-97d5-d3261b413a75"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.headertip"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.headertip_auto.yar#L1-L121"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "1f532c8941d6653e29a0c919ea784a07ef1f6eca77292dc4366a3f53e9eec97c"
		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 = { a3???????? 8d85e4feffff 50 e8???????? 59 8d85e4feffff }
		$sequence_1 = { eb15 6a10 56 e8???????? }
		$sequence_2 = { 83c418 8be8 03ef 8b4618 89442414 85c0 74c4 }
		$sequence_3 = { 56 8d8570fdffff 50 68???????? ff35???????? ff15???????? }
		$sequence_4 = { 85c0 750d 83c304 45 45 39442414 }
		$sequence_5 = { c6452674 c6452770 c6452851 c6452975 c6452a65 c6452b72 }
		$sequence_6 = { 0f95c0 57 57 50 56 ff15???????? a3???????? }
		$sequence_7 = { 7580 ff15???????? ff35???????? ff15???????? ff35???????? }
		$sequence_8 = { 85d2 750c eb12 42 }
		$sequence_9 = { 59 be???????? 8dbd74ffffff f3a5 33ff 57 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 174080
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ a3???????? 8d85e4feffff 50 e8???????? 59 8d85e4feffff }
$sequence_1hex{ eb15 6a10 56 e8???????? }
$sequence_2hex{ 83c418 8be8 03ef 8b4618 89442414 85c0 74c4 }
$sequence_3hex{ 56 8d8570fdffff 50 68???????? ff35???????? ff15???????? }
$sequence_4hex{ 85c0 750d 83c304 45 45 39442414 }
$sequence_5hex{ c6452674 c6452770 c6452851 c6452975 c6452a65 c6452b72 }
$sequence_6hex{ 0f95c0 57 57 50 56 ff15???????? a3???????? }
$sequence_7hex{ 7580 ff15???????? ff35???????? ff15???????? ff35???????? }
$sequence_8hex{ 85d2 750c eb12 42 }
$sequence_9hex{ 59 be???????? 8dbd74ffffff f3a5 33ff 57 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 174080

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 174080 (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: e5bb308f-a1fe-5294-97d5-d3261b413a75

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

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