YARA · Mandiant red team tool countermeasures

FIREEYE_RT_APT_Controller_Linux_REDFLARE_1

No description has been set in the source file - FireEye-RT

APT / threat actorMandiant red team tool countermeasuresBSD 2-Clause LicenseCompiles with YARA-X

Author: FireEye
Date: 2020-12-02
Modified: 2020-12-09
Score / Quality: 75 / 75

What this rule detects

No description has been set in the source file - FireEye-RT

Targets: Linux ELF.

It defines 4 patterns (4 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

Download .yar

apt-controller-linux-redflare-1.yarBSD 2-Clause License

rule FIREEYE_RT_APT_Controller_Linux_REDFLARE_1 : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "No description has been set in the source file - FireEye-RT"
		author = "FireEye"
		id = "79a69740-7209-5c56-ad6f-eb4d0b29beaf"
		date = "2020-12-02"
		date = "2020-12-02"
		modified = "2020-12-09"
		reference = "https://github.com/mandiant/red_team_tool_countermeasures/"
		source_url = "https://github.com/mandiant/red_team_tool_countermeasures//blob/3561b71724dbfa3e2bb78106aaa2d7f8b892c43b/rules/REDFLARE/production/yara/APT_Controller_Linux_REDFLARE_1.yar#L4-L19"
		license_url = "https://github.com/mandiant/red_team_tool_countermeasures//blob/3561b71724dbfa3e2bb78106aaa2d7f8b892c43b/LICENSE.txt"
		hash = "79259451ff47b864d71fb3f94b1774f3, 82773afa0860d668d7fe40e3f22b0f3e"
		logic_hash = "d6b0cc5f386da9bff8a8293f2b3857406044ab42f7c1bb23d5096052a3c42ce4"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"
		rev = 1

	strings:
		$1 = "/RedFlare/gorat_server"
		$2 = "RedFlare/sandals"
		$3 = "goratsvr.CommandResponse" fullword
		$4 = "goratsvr.CommandRequest" fullword

	condition:
		( uint32( 0 ) == 0x464c457f ) and all of them
}

Strings (4 patterns)

Identifier	Type	Value	Modifiers
$1	text	"/RedFlare/gorat_server"
$2	text	"RedFlare/sandals"
$3	text	"goratsvr.CommandResponse"	fullword
$4	text	"goratsvr.CommandRequest"	fullword

Condition

( uint32( 0 ) == 0x464c457f ) and all of them

In plain words (Heuristic)

The file must start with the ELF header — a Linux/Unix executable.
All patterns in the rule must match.

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References

https://github.com/mandiant/red_team_tool_countermeasures/

Licence & attribution

Author: FireEye

Source repository: Mandiant red team tool countermeasures @ 3561b71724

Licence: BSD 2-Clause License (repository licence)

Original rule

Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.

Rule id: 79a69740-7209-5c56-ad6f-eb4d0b29beaf

Metadata

rev	1

Tags:FILE

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