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SEKOIA_Apt_Gamaredon_Doc_External_Template

Detects malicious templates used by Gamaredon

APT / threat actorSEKOIA.IO CommunityDetection Rule License 1.1Compiles with YARA-X
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:
		description = "Detects malicious templates used by Gamaredon"
		author = "Sekoia.io"
		id = "5f6bbf92-2fdf-428d-af49-2d3e754c29d7"
		date = "2023-01-23"
		modified = "2024-12-19"
		reference = "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community"
		source_url = "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/apt_gamaredon_doc_external_template.yar#L1-L17"
		license_url = "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
		logic_hash = "51412081fa7e62fa342b0ed6da18009b39e3952286f2bd319fbe10e0b1761e02"
		score = 75
		quality = 80
		tags = "FILE"
		version = "1.0"
		classification = "TLP:CLEAR"

	strings:
		$ = "USERPROFILE" ascii
		$ = "msxml2" ascii
		$ = "T24gRXJyb3IgUmVzdW1lIE5leHQ" ascii

	condition:
		uint32be( 0 ) == 0xd0cf11e0 and filesize < 100KB and all of them
}

Strings (3 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$text"USERPROFILE"ascii
$text"msxml2"ascii
$text"T24gRXJyb3IgUmVzdW1lIE5leHQ"ascii

Condition

uint32be( 0 ) == 0xd0cf11e0 and filesize < 100KB and all of them

In 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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Licence & attribution

Author: Sekoia.io

Source repository: SEKOIA.IO Community @ a438a5901a

Licence: Detection Rule License 1.1 (repository licence)

Original rule

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

version1.0
classificationTLP:CLEAR

Tags:FILE