YARA · Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron)
SIGNATURE_BASE_APT_UTA028_Forensicartefacts_Paloalto_CVE_2024_3400_Apr24_1
Detects forensic artefacts of APT UTA028 as found in a campaign exploiting the Palo Alto CVE-2024-3400 vulnerability
- Author
- Florian Roth
- Date
- 2024-04-15
- Modified
- 2024-04-18
- Score / Quality
- 70 / 85
What this rule detects
Detects forensic artefacts of APT UTA028 as found in a campaign exploiting the Palo Alto CVE-2024-3400 vulnerability
It defines 8 patterns (8 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_APT_UTA028_Forensicartefacts_Paloalto_CVE_2024_3400_Apr24_1 : SCRIPT CVE_2024_3400
{
meta:
= "Detects forensic artefacts of APT UTA028 as found in a campaign exploiting the Palo Alto CVE-2024-3400 vulnerability"
= "Florian Roth"
= "32cf18ff-784d-5849-87f8-14ede7315188"
= "2024-04-15"
= "2024-04-18"
= "https://www.volexity.com/blog/2024/04/12/zero-day-exploitation-of-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-globalprotect-cve-2024-3400/"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/vuln_paloalto_cve_2024_3400_apr24.yar#L2-L25"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "1261eecca520daa0619859a45d2289d2c23c73be55e1a3849d2032a38e137f4d"
= 70
= 85
= "SCRIPT, CVE-2024-3400"
strings:
$x1 = "cmd = base64.b64decode(rst.group"
$x2 = "f.write(\"/*\"+output+\"*/\")"
$x3 = "* * * * * root wget -qO- http://"
$x4 = "rm -f /var/appweb/sslvpndocs/global-protect/*.css"
$x5a = "failed to unmarshal session(../"
$x5b = "failed to unmarshal session(./../"
$x6 = "rm -rf /opt/panlogs/tmp/device_telemetry/minute/*" base64
$x7 = "$(uname -a) > /var/" base64
condition:
1 of them
}
Strings (8 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $x1 | text | "cmd = base64.b64decode(rst.group" | |
| $x2 | text | "f.write(\"/*\"+output+\"*/\")" | |
| $x3 | text | "* * * * * root wget -qO- http://" | |
| $x4 | text | "rm -f /var/appweb/sslvpndocs/global-protect/*.css" | |
| $x5a | text | "failed to unmarshal session(../" | |
| $x5b | text | "failed to unmarshal session(./../" | |
| $x6 | text | "rm -rf /opt/panlogs/tmp/device_telemetry/minute/*" | base64 |
| $x7 | text | "$(uname -a) > /var/" | base64 |
Condition
1 of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- At least 1 patterns in the rule must match.
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Licence & attribution
Author: Florian Roth
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: 32cf18ff-784d-5849-87f8-14ede7315188
Tags:SCRIPTCVE_2024_3400
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