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SEKOIA_Apt_Badmagic_Malicious_Lnk
Detect LNK used by BadMagic to execute MSI payloads.
- Author
- Sekoia.io
- Date
- 2023-05-15
- Modified
- 2024-12-19
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Detect LNK used by BadMagic to execute MSI payloads.
It defines 3 patterns (3 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
apt-badmagic-malicious-lnk.yarDetection Rule License 1.1
rule SEKOIA_Apt_Badmagic_Malicious_Lnk : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detect LNK used by BadMagic to execute MSI payloads."
= "Sekoia.io"
= "731bd51d-c4e4-4efb-9fa8-f981a8555ed3"
= "2023-05-15"
= "2024-12-19"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/apt_badmagic_malicious_lnk.yar#L1-L19"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
= "b83749c71cefb485f8bbea1d465fc477de159e086efa04ebce4d0778a203ed89"
= 75
= 80
= "FILE"
= "1.0"
= "TLP:CLEAR"
strings:
$ = "/i http" wide
$ = ".msi /quiet" wide
$ = "%WINDIR%\\System32\\msiexec.exe"
condition:
uint32be( 0 ) == 0x4c000000 and filesize < 1KB and all of them
}
Strings (3 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $ | text | "/i http" | wide |
| $ | text | ".msi /quiet" | wide |
| $ | text | "%WINDIR%\\System32\\msiexec.exe" |
Condition
uint32be( 0 ) == 0x4c000000 and filesize < 1KB and all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with the Windows shortcut (LNK) header.
- The file must be smaller than 1KB (a cheap guard that skips large files).
- All patterns in the rule must match.
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References
Licence & attribution
Author: Sekoia.io
Source repository: SEKOIA.IO Community @ a438a5901a
Licence: Detection Rule License 1.1 (repository licence)
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: 731bd51d-c4e4-4efb-9fa8-f981a8555ed3
Metadata
| version | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| classification | TLP:CLEAR |
Tags:FILE
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