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SEKOIA_Apt_Gamaredon_Doc_External_Template
Detects malicious templates used by Gamaredon
- Author
- Sekoia.io
- Date
- 2023-01-23
- Modified
- 2024-12-19
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Detects malicious templates used by Gamaredon
Targets: OLE / legacy Office.
It defines 3 patterns (3 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
apt-gamaredon-doc-external-template.yarDetection Rule License 1.1
rule SEKOIA_Apt_Gamaredon_Doc_External_Template : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects malicious templates used by Gamaredon"
= "Sekoia.io"
= "5f6bbf92-2fdf-428d-af49-2d3e754c29d7"
= "2023-01-23"
= "2024-12-19"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/apt_gamaredon_doc_external_template.yar#L1-L17"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
= "51412081fa7e62fa342b0ed6da18009b39e3952286f2bd319fbe10e0b1761e02"
= 75
= 80
= "FILE"
= "1.0"
= "TLP:CLEAR"
strings:
$ = "USERPROFILE" ascii
$ = "msxml2" ascii
$ = "T24gRXJyb3IgUmVzdW1lIE5leHQ" ascii
condition:
uint32be( 0 ) == 0xd0cf11e0 and filesize < 100KB and all of them
}
Strings (3 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $ | text | "USERPROFILE" | ascii |
| $ | text | "msxml2" | ascii |
| $ | text | "T24gRXJyb3IgUmVzdW1lIE5leHQ" | ascii |
Condition
uint32be( 0 ) == 0xd0cf11e0 and filesize < 100KB and all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with the OLE header — legacy Office documents, MSI.
- The file must be smaller than 100KB (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: 5f6bbf92-2fdf-428d-af49-2d3e754c29d7
Metadata
| version | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| classification | TLP:CLEAR |
Tags:FILE
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