YARA · Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron)
SIGNATURE_BASE_BKDR_Xzutil_Killswitch_CVE_2024_3094_Mar24_1
Detects kill switch used by the backdoored XZ library (xzutil) CVE-2024-3094.
- Author
- Florian Roth
- Date
- 2024-03-30
- Modified
- 2024-04-24
- Score / Quality
- 85 / 85
What this rule detects
Detects kill switch used by the backdoored XZ library (xzutil) CVE-2024-3094.
It defines 1 patterns (1 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
bkdr-xzutil-killswitch-cve-2024-3094-mar24-1.yarDetection Rule License 1.1
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_BKDR_Xzutil_Killswitch_CVE_2024_3094_Mar24_1 : CVE_2024_3094
{
meta:
= "Detects kill switch used by the backdoored XZ library (xzutil) CVE-2024-3094."
= "Florian Roth"
= "0d28bec4-1d3a-5af0-9e9e-49486fcc62e1"
= "2024-03-30"
= "2024-04-24"
= "https://gist.github.com/q3k/af3d93b6a1f399de28fe194add452d01?permalink_comment_id=5006558#gistcomment-5006558"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/bkdr_xz_util_cve_2024_3094.yar#L48-L60"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "b2024d4b8346c4f74524bb7f3c6b2850684c19471a00e6fa60fff1c41e4a86b6"
= 85
= 85
= "CVE-2024-3094"
strings:
$x1 = "yolAbejyiejuvnup=Evjtgvsh5okmkAvj"
condition:
$x1
}
Strings (1 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $x1 | text | "yolAbejyiejuvnup=Evjtgvsh5okmkAvj" |
Condition
$x1In plain words (Heuristic)
- Pattern $x1 must be present.
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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: 0d28bec4-1d3a-5af0-9e9e-49486fcc62e1
Tags:CVE_2024_3094
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