YARA · Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron)
SIGNATURE_BASE_BKDR_Xzutil_Script_CVE_2024_3094_Mar24_1
Detects make file and script contents used by the backdoored XZ library (xzutil) CVE-2024-3094.
- Author
- Florian Roth
- Date
- 2024-03-30
- Modified
- 2024-04-24
- Score / Quality
- 80 / 85
What this rule detects
Detects make file and script contents used by the backdoored XZ library (xzutil) CVE-2024-3094.
It defines 3 patterns (3 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_BKDR_Xzutil_Script_CVE_2024_3094_Mar24_1 : CVE_2024_3094
{
meta:
= "Detects make file and script contents used by the backdoored XZ library (xzutil) CVE-2024-3094."
= "Florian Roth"
= "6b62ffc2-d0a7-5810-97a3-c48f7fac300e"
= "2024-03-30"
= "2024-04-24"
= "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/bkdr_xz_util_cve_2024_3094.yar#L2-L17"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "d44d0425769fa2e0b6875e5ca25d45b251bbe98870c6b9bef34f7cea9f84c9c3"
= "8d3f5f078a5c827208e04acb7ac1496f473e1236f92561f94d2a3c8156c68ea6"
= 80
= 85
= "CVE-2024-3094"
strings:
$x1 = "/bad-3-corrupt_lzma2.xz | tr " ascii
$x2 = "/tests/files/good-large_compressed.lzma|eval $i|tail -c +31265|" ascii
$x3 = "eval $zrKcKQ" ascii
condition:
1 of them
}
Strings (3 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $x1 | text | "/bad-3-corrupt_lzma2.xz | tr " | ascii |
| $x2 | text | "/tests/files/good-large_compressed.lzma|eval $i|tail -c +31265|" | ascii |
| $x3 | text | "eval $zrKcKQ" | ascii |
Condition
1 of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- At least 1 patterns in the rule must match.
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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).
- d44d0425769fa2e0b6875e5ca25d45b251bbe98870c6b9bef34f7cea9f84c9c3
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: 6b62ffc2-d0a7-5810-97a3-c48f7fac300e
Tags:CVE_2024_3094
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