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SEKOIA_Apt_Gelsemium_Firewood_Backdoor
Detects Gelsemium's FireWood backdoor
- Author
- Sekoia.io
- Date
- 2024-11-22
- Modified
- 2024-12-19
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Detects Gelsemium's FireWood backdoor
Targets: Linux ELF.
It defines 4 patterns (4 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
apt-gelsemium-firewood-backdoor.yarDetection Rule License 1.1
rule SEKOIA_Apt_Gelsemium_Firewood_Backdoor : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects Gelsemium's FireWood backdoor"
= "Sekoia.io"
= "93670c07-9edd-4ea2-b8ed-6fee625491f4"
= "2024-11-22"
= "2024-12-19"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/apt_gelsemium_firewood_backdoor.yar#L1-L21"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
= "2251bc7910fe46fd0baf8bc05599bdcf"
= "dea8c7cfb35b3cc026a0df844e118b495e3ad0a85f55e2fd3b63a41dde2ea944"
= 75
= 80
= "FILE"
= "1.0"
= "TLP:CLEAR"
strings:
$ = "root dir:%s"
$ = "df -h|grep 'dev' |grep -v none|awk '/dev/{print $6}'"
$ = "rm -rf ../lib/%s"
$ = "Total Disk space:%luG, Free Disk spae:%luG"
condition:
uint32be( 0 ) == 0x7f454c46 and filesize < 1MB and all of them
}
Strings (4 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $ | text | "root dir:%s" | |
| $ | text | "df -h|grep 'dev' |grep -v none|awk '/dev/{print $6}'" | |
| $ | text | "rm -rf ../lib/%s" | |
| $ | text | "Total Disk space:%luG, Free Disk spae:%luG" |
Condition
uint32be( 0 ) == 0x7f454c46 and filesize < 1MB and all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with the ELF header — a Linux/Unix executable.
- The file must be smaller than 1MB (a cheap guard that skips large files).
- All patterns in the rule must match.
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References
Sample hashes
Hashes of samples the author lists in the rule's meta (look them up in your threat-intelligence platform).
- 2251bc7910fe46fd0baf8bc05599bdcf
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: 93670c07-9edd-4ea2-b8ed-6fee625491f4
Metadata
| version | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| classification | TLP:CLEAR |
Tags:FILE
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