YARA · Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron)
SIGNATURE_BASE_APT_MAL_URL_Cloudatlas_Oct20_2
Detects unknown maldoc dropper noticed in October 2020 - file morgue6visible5bunny6culvert7ambo5nun1illuminate4.url
- Author
- Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
- Date
- 2020-10-13
- Modified
- 2023-12-05
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 85
What this rule detects
Detects unknown maldoc dropper noticed in October 2020 - file morgue6visible5bunny6culvert7ambo5nun1illuminate4.url
It defines 1 patterns (0 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).
YARA-X says: warning[text_as_hex]: hex pattern could be written as text literal
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_APT_MAL_URL_Cloudatlas_Oct20_2 : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects unknown maldoc dropper noticed in October 2020 - file morgue6visible5bunny6culvert7ambo5nun1illuminate4.url"
= "Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)"
= "91f6362f-1793-58a3-a750-04ec9812b9df"
= "2020-10-13"
= "2023-12-05"
= "https://twitter.com/jfslowik/status/1316050637092651009"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/apt_cloudatlas.yar#L18-L37"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "a6a58b614a9f5ffa1d90b5d42e15521f52e2295f02c1c0e5cd9cbfe933303bee"
= "8bb60c262a34babbe8839f5d39d1c972eeb41ea77eaae02cc877d908c7033f13"
= 75
= 85
= "FILE"
strings:
$hc1 = { 5B 49 6E 74 65 72 6E 65 74 53 68 6F 72 74 63 75
74 5D 0D 0A 55 52 4C 3D 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F
6D 73 6F 66 66 69 63 65 75 70 64 61 74 65 2E 6F
72 67 }
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x495b and filesize < 200 and $hc1 at 0
}
Strings (1 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $hc1 | hex | { 5B 49 6E 74 65 72 6E 65 74 53 68 6F 72 74 63 75 74 5D 0D 0A 55 52 4C 3D 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 6D 73 6F 66 66 69 63 65 75 70 64 … |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x495b and filesize < 200 and $hc1 at 0In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must be smaller than 200 (a cheap guard that skips large files).
- Pattern $hc1 must be found at offset 0.
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Sample hashes
Hashes of samples the author lists in the rule's meta (look them up in your threat-intelligence platform).
- a6a58b614a9f5ffa1d90b5d42e15521f52e2295f02c1c0e5cd9cbfe933303bee
Licence & attribution
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Source repository: Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron) @ 94a1c48d7a
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: 91f6362f-1793-58a3-a750-04ec9812b9df
Tags:FILE
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