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MALPEDIA_Win_Nestegg_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareNesteggMalpedia 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: Nestegg.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-nestegg-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Nestegg_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "d1d3bbd9-c81f-5c05-895b-4fef76e3bfa2"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.nestegg"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.nestegg_auto.yar#L1-L122"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "655cfa452dafff7c982fcd01db9b0e21c88f3384c7f3501f19f60309ef6a3159"
		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 = { c784242804000000000000 ffd6 8bf8 81e7ff010080 7908 }
		$sequence_1 = { 8d54244c c744244c94000000 52 ff15???????? }
		$sequence_2 = { 8d44241c 6a08 50 8bce e8???????? 8d4c2424 6a08 }
		$sequence_3 = { 8b08 8b7004 51 8d4c241c e8???????? 33ff 8d5e01 }
		$sequence_4 = { 5f 83c8ff 5b c20800 8b7b08 55 56 }
		$sequence_5 = { 8d542410 51 52 8bce c744241004010000 e8???????? 85c0 }
		$sequence_6 = { 52 8bce e8???????? 8d44247c }
		$sequence_7 = { ff15???????? 8944242c 8d442424 8d4c241c 50 }
		$sequence_8 = { 8844243e 885c243f c64424506f 88442451 c644245265 c644245361 }
		$sequence_9 = { ff15???????? e9???????? 8d4c2418 c7842434410000ffffffff e8???????? 8b8c242c410000 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 221184
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ c784242804000000000000 ffd6 8bf8 81e7ff010080 7908 }
$sequence_1hex{ 8d54244c c744244c94000000 52 ff15???????? }
$sequence_2hex{ 8d44241c 6a08 50 8bce e8???????? 8d4c2424 6a08 }
$sequence_3hex{ 8b08 8b7004 51 8d4c241c e8???????? 33ff 8d5e01 }
$sequence_4hex{ 5f 83c8ff 5b c20800 8b7b08 55 56 }
$sequence_5hex{ 8d542410 51 52 8bce c744241004010000 e8???????? 85c0 }
$sequence_6hex{ 52 8bce e8???????? 8d44247c }
$sequence_7hex{ ff15???????? 8944242c 8d442424 8d4c241c 50 }
$sequence_8hex{ 8844243e 885c243f c64424506f 88442451 c644245265 c644245361 }
$sequence_9hex{ ff15???????? e9???????? 8d4c2418 c7842434410000ffffffff e8???????? 8b8c242c410000 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 221184

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 221184 (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: d1d3bbd9-c81f-5c05-895b-4fef76e3bfa2

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