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MALPEDIA_Win_Sharpknot_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareSharpknotMalpedia 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: Sharpknot.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-sharpknot-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Sharpknot_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "82220543-0e2d-5853-bc30-f58233c0a35a"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.sharpknot"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.sharpknot_auto.yar#L1-L126"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "c762276839136acbaa67366b68dd4a56fd80a27286d11e518c5431262a091bed"
		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 = { 8d442420 8bce 50 2bcd b8abaaaa2a f7e9 }
		$sequence_1 = { 85d2 763d 85db c744241000000000 7f10 7c0a 817c241400000400 }
		$sequence_2 = { 8b7308 8d442420 8bce 50 }
		$sequence_3 = { 8b450c 8365ec00 8b4d08 8945f4 8b4514 c745f05b364000 40 }
		$sequence_4 = { ff15???????? 6a01 e8???????? c705????????07000000 }
		$sequence_5 = { 8bf1 c1e603 3b9670da4000 0f851c010000 a1???????? 83f801 }
		$sequence_6 = { 33c0 8d7c2421 88542420 f3ab 66ab 33c9 aa }
		$sequence_7 = { 3c10 7508 660fb6b680f74400 663bfe 751f 6685ff 742d }
		$sequence_8 = { 8bb620dd4000 3bce 7e20 83e907 eb1b 8b4514 f6c303 }
		$sequence_9 = { 83651003 8bf0 750b c1e602 8b86e8dc4000 eb09 c1e602 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 1032192
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ 8d442420 8bce 50 2bcd b8abaaaa2a f7e9 }
$sequence_1hex{ 85d2 763d 85db c744241000000000 7f10 7c0a 817c241400000400 }
$sequence_2hex{ 8b7308 8d442420 8bce 50 }
$sequence_3hex{ 8b450c 8365ec00 8b4d08 8945f4 8b4514 c745f05b364000 40 }
$sequence_4hex{ ff15???????? 6a01 e8???????? c705????????07000000 }
$sequence_5hex{ 8bf1 c1e603 3b9670da4000 0f851c010000 a1???????? 83f801 }
$sequence_6hex{ 33c0 8d7c2421 88542420 f3ab 66ab 33c9 aa }
$sequence_7hex{ 3c10 7508 660fb6b680f74400 663bfe 751f 6685ff 742d }
$sequence_8hex{ 8bb620dd4000 3bce 7e20 83e907 eb1b 8b4514 f6c303 }
$sequence_9hex{ 83651003 8bf0 750b c1e602 8b86e8dc4000 eb09 c1e602 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 1032192

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 1032192 (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: 82220543-0e2d-5853-bc30-f58233c0a35a

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