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MALPEDIA_Win_Kaolin_Rat_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareKaolin RatMalpedia 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: Kaolin Rat.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-kaolin-rat-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Kaolin_Rat_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "383aa290-3a27-58c9-9e83-85dd180123f8"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.kaolin_rat"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.kaolin_rat_auto.yar#L1-L128"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "8e2eac05eb52f1ffb8056816644564527788e0660af77ac882b4962a5d640107"
		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 = { 4883ec20 488bd9 488bc2 488d0dc5d30200 0f57c0 488d5308 48890b }
		$sequence_1 = { 4c8b75c8 488b75c0 4c8d4db0 4c8b7db0 4983fe10 4d0f43cf 488b0d???????? }
		$sequence_2 = { 4883f8ff 7512 ff15???????? 8bc8 e8???????? e9???????? 488d542468 }
		$sequence_3 = { 448b05???????? 41c1e00a 48897df0 488975f8 c645e000 4c3905???????? 4c0f4205???????? }
		$sequence_4 = { 48895c2408 48897c2410 8b01 488d3d3d700300 4533c0 4c8bda }
		$sequence_5 = { 488b4220 48898810010000 488d0d43570300 488b4220 }
		$sequence_6 = { 77b9 442bc9 4183f90f 7779 428b8c8ed8bf0200 4803ce }
		$sequence_7 = { 480f43442460 66c704082e00 eb1f 48c744242001000000 4c8d0d76480300 ba01000000 488d4c2460 }
		$sequence_8 = { 57 4883ec20 33f6 488d1d281b0200 488d05391b0200 483bc3 481bff }
		$sequence_9 = { 480f435590 488d442458 4889442420 41b93f000f00 4533c0 48c7c102000080 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 581632
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ 4883ec20 488bd9 488bc2 488d0dc5d30200 0f57c0 488d5308 48890b }
$sequence_1hex{ 4c8b75c8 488b75c0 4c8d4db0 4c8b7db0 4983fe10 4d0f43cf 488b0d???????? }
$sequence_2hex{ 4883f8ff 7512 ff15???????? 8bc8 e8???????? e9???????? 488d542468 }
$sequence_3hex{ 448b05???????? 41c1e00a 48897df0 488975f8 c645e000 4c3905???????? 4c0f4205???????? }
$sequence_4hex{ 48895c2408 48897c2410 8b01 488d3d3d700300 4533c0 4c8bda }
$sequence_5hex{ 488b4220 48898810010000 488d0d43570300 488b4220 }
$sequence_6hex{ 77b9 442bc9 4183f90f 7779 428b8c8ed8bf0200 4803ce }
$sequence_7hex{ 480f43442460 66c704082e00 eb1f 48c744242001000000 4c8d0d76480300 ba01000000 488d4c2460 }
$sequence_8hex{ 57 4883ec20 33f6 488d1d281b0200 488d05391b0200 483bc3 481bff }
$sequence_9hex{ 480f435590 488d442458 4889442420 41b93f000f00 4533c0 48c7c102000080 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 581632

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 581632 (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: 383aa290-3a27-58c9-9e83-85dd180123f8

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