YARA · Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron)
SIGNATURE_BASE_Brooxml_Phishing
Detects PDF and OOXML files leading to AiTM phishing
- Author
- Proofpoint
- Date
- 2024-11-27
- Modified
- 2025-06-02
- Score / Quality
- 65 / 85
What this rule detects
Detects PDF and OOXML files leading to AiTM phishing
Targets: PDF.
It defines 1 patterns (0 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
brooxml-phishing.yarDetection Rule License 1.1
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_Brooxml_Phishing : PHISHING FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects PDF and OOXML files leading to AiTM phishing"
= "Proofpoint"
= "ccd8ab30-90a4-5d4b-8a77-dbc4669bdb95"
= "2024-11-27"
= "2025-06-02"
= "https://x.com/threatinsight/status/1861817946508763480"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/gen_brooxml_dec24.yar#L41-L54"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "884e0b65c6c8b916ca9bc28705134ae02d1705c13cf43bff78f0c9ada894b307"
= 65
= 85
= "PHISHING, FILE"
= "phishing"
strings:
$hex1 = { 21 20 03 20 c3 be c3 bf 09 20 [0-1] 06 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 01 20 20 20 06 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 05 20 20 20 01 20 20 20 c3 be c3 bf c3 bf c3 bf }
condition:
all of ( $hex* ) and ( ( uint16be( 0 ) == 0x504b ) or ( uint32be( 0 ) == 0x25504446 ) )
}
Strings (1 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $hex1 | hex | { 21 20 03 20 c3 be c3 bf 09 20 [0-1] 06 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 01 20 20 20 06 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 05 20 20 20 01 20 20 20 c3 be c3 bf c3 … |
Condition
all of ( $hex* ) and ( ( uint16be( 0 ) == 0x504b ) or ( uint32be( 0 ) == 0x25504446 ) )In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “%PDF”.
- All patterns in ( $hex* ) must match.
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Licence & attribution
Author: Proofpoint
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: ccd8ab30-90a4-5d4b-8a77-dbc4669bdb95
Metadata
| category | phishing |
|---|
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