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MALPEDIA_Win_Polyglot_Ransom_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwarePolyglot RansomMalpedia 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: Polyglot Ransom.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-polyglot-ransom-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Polyglot_Ransom_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "0d7280c7-a39c-59f2-a096-b1cffc32a9a1"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.polyglot_ransom"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.polyglot_ransom_auto.yar#L1-L132"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "1cf419c8ec4ab0611cf01d79c345147bf19a3d35e1eda5f935ea355df626b23e"
		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 = { ff34fd14e84600 53 55 e8???????? 83c40c 85c0 740d }
		$sequence_1 = { e8???????? 66890477 46 83fe08 59 7ceb }
		$sequence_2 = { 33cd 40 5b e8???????? c9 c3 6818020000 }
		$sequence_3 = { 66890e 66833e1d 7514 8b4008 ff3418 57 e8???????? }
		$sequence_4 = { 56 56 50 68???????? e8???????? a3???????? 5f }
		$sequence_5 = { 8d8424a8030000 50 ff15???????? 83f8ff 89442434 7525 }
		$sequence_6 = { 50 e8???????? 8d8508f2ffff 50 8d8508faffff 50 e8???????? }
		$sequence_7 = { 8db388000000 8b06 3bc7 744f 897df0 8b08 8d55f0 }
		$sequence_8 = { 8b450c 33f6 c1e218 0bf3 0b55f4 8930 895004 }
		$sequence_9 = { 6aff eb16 8b8390000000 33c9 2b8308010100 1b8b0c010100 51 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 1392640
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ ff34fd14e84600 53 55 e8???????? 83c40c 85c0 740d }
$sequence_1hex{ e8???????? 66890477 46 83fe08 59 7ceb }
$sequence_2hex{ 33cd 40 5b e8???????? c9 c3 6818020000 }
$sequence_3hex{ 66890e 66833e1d 7514 8b4008 ff3418 57 e8???????? }
$sequence_4hex{ 56 56 50 68???????? e8???????? a3???????? 5f }
$sequence_5hex{ 8d8424a8030000 50 ff15???????? 83f8ff 89442434 7525 }
$sequence_6hex{ 50 e8???????? 8d8508f2ffff 50 8d8508faffff 50 e8???????? }
$sequence_7hex{ 8db388000000 8b06 3bc7 744f 897df0 8b08 8d55f0 }
$sequence_8hex{ 8b450c 33f6 c1e218 0bf3 0b55f4 8930 895004 }
$sequence_9hex{ 6aff eb16 8b8390000000 33c9 2b8308010100 1b8b0c010100 51 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 1392640

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 1392640 (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: 0d7280c7-a39c-59f2-a096-b1cffc32a9a1

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