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MALPEDIA_Win_Pathwiper_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwarePathwiperMalpedia 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: Pathwiper.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-pathwiper-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Pathwiper_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "a4120d05-0d60-5fe4-b438-d6e877288f36"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.pathwiper"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.pathwiper_auto.yar#L1-L132"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "b89d67bc42562b572193bd62350239328ae540c796c12fa0d6ee1faeac0d34c9"
		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 = { c745e0ebccb158 668975e4 e8???????? 8b8d52ebffff 33c8 66894de6 b98fbc0000 }
		$sequence_1 = { c645fc00 85c0 0f859a000000 8b45f0 83c018 8945f0 3b45ec }
		$sequence_2 = { c645fc2d 8d8d24fcffff 50 51 8d4e54 e8???????? 68???????? }
		$sequence_3 = { 8b85fcfeffff 8b00 50 83c008 50 8d8558ffffff 50 }
		$sequence_4 = { 898534ebffff 8b4804 51 898d38ebffff 8d8dd8eaffff 50 }
		$sequence_5 = { c645fc2f 50 8d8578ffffff 8d7e74 50 8bcf e8???????? }
		$sequence_6 = { 8d45e0 8975ec 50 c745f037347af3 c745f41d4ae42d c745f89b1e0000 e8???????? }
		$sequence_7 = { 50 8d45e0 8975ec 50 c745f03734baf3 c745f41deccda2 }
		$sequence_8 = { 8d45f3 8945ec 8d45e0 50 c645f300 c645e800 e8???????? }
		$sequence_9 = { c68578ffffff00 0f84b2000000 c6851cfeffff00 85c9 0f84f7010000 8b01 8d951cfeffff }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 1047552
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ c745e0ebccb158 668975e4 e8???????? 8b8d52ebffff 33c8 66894de6 b98fbc0000 }
$sequence_1hex{ c645fc00 85c0 0f859a000000 8b45f0 83c018 8945f0 3b45ec }
$sequence_2hex{ c645fc2d 8d8d24fcffff 50 51 8d4e54 e8???????? 68???????? }
$sequence_3hex{ 8b85fcfeffff 8b00 50 83c008 50 8d8558ffffff 50 }
$sequence_4hex{ 898534ebffff 8b4804 51 898d38ebffff 8d8dd8eaffff 50 }
$sequence_5hex{ c645fc2f 50 8d8578ffffff 8d7e74 50 8bcf e8???????? }
$sequence_6hex{ 8d45e0 8975ec 50 c745f037347af3 c745f41d4ae42d c745f89b1e0000 e8???????? }
$sequence_7hex{ 50 8d45e0 8975ec 50 c745f03734baf3 c745f41deccda2 }
$sequence_8hex{ 8d45f3 8945ec 8d45e0 50 c645f300 c645e800 e8???????? }
$sequence_9hex{ c68578ffffff00 0f84b2000000 c6851cfeffff00 85c9 0f84f7010000 8b01 8d951cfeffff }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 1047552

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 1047552 (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: a4120d05-0d60-5fe4-b438-d6e877288f36

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