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SEKOIA_Rootkit_Win_Purplefox_Kernel_Driver
Detect the Purple Fox trojan
- Author
- Sekoia.io
- Date
- 2022-03-28
- Modified
- 2024-12-19
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Detect the Purple Fox trojan
Associated malware family: Purplefox.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 5 patterns (5 text, 0 hex, 0 regex). YARA modules used: pe.
YARA-X says: warning[deprecated_field]: field `number_of_signatures` is deprecated
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
Includes the imports needed to compile it on its own.
import "pe"
rule SEKOIA_Rootkit_Win_Purplefox_Kernel_Driver : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detect the Purple Fox trojan"
= "Sekoia.io"
= "798dc20b-76cd-4e31-b9ee-f363fb39cd58"
= "2022-03-28"
= "2024-12-19"
= "https://www.trendmicro.com/content/dam/trendmicro/global/en/research/22/c/purple-fox-uses-new-arrival-vector-and-improves-malware-arsenal/IOCs-Purple-Fox.txt"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/rootkit_win_purplefox_kernel_driver.yar#L3-L35"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
= "91d7caca7c0c41e70813d52b5662bf0238d078fca519bfc2c03f3f87fe3805b8"
= 75
= 80
= "FILE"
= "1.0"
= "TLP:CLEAR"
strings:
$ = "\\DosDevices\\Global\\MyDriver" wide
$ = "IOCTL_IO_KILL_PROCESS" ascii
$ = "IOCTL_IO_DELET_FILE" ascii
$ = "IOCTL_IO_COPY_FILE" ascii
$ = "IOCTL_IO_KILL_MINIFITER" ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5A4D and all of them or ( pe.rich_signature.toolid ( 171 , 30319 ) and pe.rich_signature.toolid ( 158 , 30319 ) and pe.rich_signature.toolid ( 170 , 30319 ) and pe.rich_signature.toolid ( 147 , 30729 ) and pe.rich_signature.toolid ( 1 , 0 ) ) and for any i in ( 0 .. pe.number_of_signatures -1 ) : ( pe.signatures [ i ] . thumbprint == "c7939f8303ca22effb28246e970b13bee6cb8043" )
}
Strings (5 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $ | text | "\\DosDevices\\Global\\MyDriver" | wide |
| $ | text | "IOCTL_IO_KILL_PROCESS" | ascii |
| $ | text | "IOCTL_IO_DELET_FILE" | ascii |
| $ | text | "IOCTL_IO_COPY_FILE" | ascii |
| $ | text | "IOCTL_IO_KILL_MINIFITER" | ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5A4D and all of them or ( pe.rich_signature.toolid ( 171 , 30319 ) and pe.rich_signature.toolid ( 158 , 30319 ) and pe.rich_signature.toolid ( 170 , 30319 ) and pe.rich_signature.toolid ( 147 , 30729 ) and pe.rich_signature.toolid ( 1 , 0 ) ) and for any i in ( 0 .. pe.number_of_signatures -1 ) : ( pe.signatures [ i ] . thumbprint == "c7939f8303ca22effb28246e970b13bee6cb8043" )In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- All patterns in the rule must match.
- A for-loop checks a property over several matches or items.
- Uses the pe module.
- Checks the Authenticode signature.
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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: 798dc20b-76cd-4e31-b9ee-f363fb39cd58
Metadata
| version | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| classification | TLP:CLEAR |
Tags:FILE
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