YARA · Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron)
SIGNATURE_BASE_EXPL_WSUS_Exploitation_Indicators_Oct25
Detects indicators related to the exploitation of the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-59287)
- Author
- Florian Roth
- Date
- 2025-10-25
- Modified
- 2026-05-15
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 85
What this rule detects
Detects indicators related to the exploitation of the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-59287)
It defines 9 patterns (9 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_EXPL_WSUS_Exploitation_Indicators_Oct25 : CVE_2025_59287
{
meta:
= "Detects indicators related to the exploitation of the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-59287)"
= "Florian Roth"
= "9a118d85-fbcd-5476-acd8-6bf66f660368"
= "2025-10-25"
= "2026-05-15"
= "https://www.huntress.com/blog/exploitation-of-windows-server-update-services-remote-code-execution-vulnerability"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/expl_wsus_cve_2025_59287.yar#L1-L28"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "04487cca15f4151bfc31279fd58dc6898e59149cabb6dbef08c1df88418ab904"
= 75
= 85
= "CVE-2025-59287"
strings:
$sl1 = "at System.Data.DataSet.DeserializeDataSetSchema(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context" ascii wide
$sl2 = "at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.DoFixups()" ascii wide
$sl3 = "at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.CompleteISerializableObject" ascii wide
$sl4 = "System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation." ascii wide
$sl5 = "ErrorWsusService.9HmtWebServices.CheckReportingWebServiceReporting WebService WebException:System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server" ascii wide
$se1 = "powershell -ec try{$r= (&{echo https://" ascii wide base64 base64wide
$se2 = ":8531; net user /domain; ipconfig " ascii wide base64 base64wide
$sa1 = "whoami;net user /domain" ascii wide base64 base64wide
$sa2 = "net user /domain; ipconfig /all" ascii wide base64 base64wide
condition:
all of ( $sl* ) or 1 of ( $se* ) or all of ( $sa* )
}
Strings (9 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $sl1 | text | "at System.Data.DataSet.DeserializeDataSetSchema(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context" | ascii wide |
| $sl2 | text | "at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.DoFixups()" | ascii wide |
| $sl3 | text | "at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.CompleteISerializableObject" | ascii wide |
| $sl4 | text | "System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation." | ascii wide |
| $sl5 | text | "ErrorWsusService.9HmtWebServices.CheckReportingWebServiceReporting WebService WebException:System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server" | ascii wide |
| $se1 | text | "powershell -ec try{$r= (&{echo https://" | ascii wide base64 base64wide |
| $se2 | text | ":8531; net user /domain; ipconfig " | ascii wide base64 base64wide |
| $sa1 | text | "whoami;net user /domain" | ascii wide base64 base64wide |
| $sa2 | text | "net user /domain; ipconfig /all" | ascii wide base64 base64wide |
Condition
all of ( $sl* ) or 1 of ( $se* ) or all of ( $sa* )In plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in ( $sl* ) must match.
- All patterns in ( $sa* ) must match.
- At least 1 patterns in ( $se* ) 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: 9a118d85-fbcd-5476-acd8-6bf66f660368
Tags:CVE_2025_59287
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