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MALPEDIA_Win_Sobig_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareSobigMalpedia 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: Sobig.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-sobig-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Sobig_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "e3b61d69-b3b3-5107-871c-ab9a56977e6b"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.sobig"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.sobig_auto.yar#L1-L131"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "df29896bef76ef85128a23e0a2929cae7dc7c292e0c773e515891b8846b960c8"
		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 = { 5f 64890d00000000 c9 c21000 f605????????01 7507 800d????????01 }
		$sequence_1 = { 4f 75cf 8d4dcc c645fc01 e8???????? 6a01 5e }
		$sequence_2 = { eb7b 68???????? e8???????? 59 8b4d10 50 68???????? }
		$sequence_3 = { 8d4dc8 e8???????? 8b470c c745fc06000000 8b00 ff30 e8???????? }
		$sequence_4 = { e8???????? 8b4508 53 56 57 8d7104 }
		$sequence_5 = { 6683e100 0fb7c0 0bc8 bb???????? 890f 895ddc }
		$sequence_6 = { e8???????? 8d8e80000000 c645fc01 e8???????? bf???????? 57 }
		$sequence_7 = { 5b c9 c20800 56 8b742408 57 8bf9 }
		$sequence_8 = { 80fb7a 7ed5 5e 5b 5f c9 c3 }
		$sequence_9 = { 8bc6 c1f905 83e01f 8b0c8d20bc4100 8d04c0 8d0481 8b4dfc }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 262144
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ 5f 64890d00000000 c9 c21000 f605????????01 7507 800d????????01 }
$sequence_1hex{ 4f 75cf 8d4dcc c645fc01 e8???????? 6a01 5e }
$sequence_2hex{ eb7b 68???????? e8???????? 59 8b4d10 50 68???????? }
$sequence_3hex{ 8d4dc8 e8???????? 8b470c c745fc06000000 8b00 ff30 e8???????? }
$sequence_4hex{ e8???????? 8b4508 53 56 57 8d7104 }
$sequence_5hex{ 6683e100 0fb7c0 0bc8 bb???????? 890f 895ddc }
$sequence_6hex{ e8???????? 8d8e80000000 c645fc01 e8???????? bf???????? 57 }
$sequence_7hex{ 5b c9 c20800 56 8b742408 57 8bf9 }
$sequence_8hex{ 80fb7a 7ed5 5e 5b 5f c9 c3 }
$sequence_9hex{ 8bc6 c1f905 83e01f 8b0c8d20bc4100 8d04c0 8d0481 8b4dfc }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 262144

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 262144 (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: e3b61d69-b3b3-5107-871c-ab9a56977e6b

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