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SIGNATURE_BASE_HKTL_EDR_Freeze_Sep25_2
Detects EDR-Freeze hacktool
- Author
- Florian Roth
- Date
- 2025-09-30
- Modified
- 2026-05-15
- Score / Quality
- 80 / 85
What this rule detects
Detects EDR-Freeze hacktool
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 9 patterns (9 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
hktl-edr-freeze-sep25-2.yarDetection Rule License 1.1
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_HKTL_EDR_Freeze_Sep25_2 : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects EDR-Freeze hacktool"
= "Florian Roth"
= "e3fd5815-71c4-5510-bfb4-82203d81cc78"
= "2025-09-30"
= "2026-05-15"
= "https://github.com/TwoSevenOneT/EDR-Freeze"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/hktl_edr_freeze_sep25.yar#L1-L36"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "193ca17f574fa5e23866560170425f83696f78e83dabd7e831dd7827a69283fd"
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= 80
= 85
= "FILE"
strings:
$x1 = "EDR-Freeze.exe <TargetPID> <SleepTime>" wide fullword
$x2 = "Successfully created PPL process with PID:" wide fullword
$x3 = "\\EDR-Freeze.pdb" ascii
$sa1 = "C:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFaultSecure.exe" wide fullword
$sa2 = "Failed to create dump files: " wide fullword
$sb1 = " /encfile" wide fullword
$sb2 = " /pid" wide fullword
$sb3 = " /tid" wide fullword
$sb4 = " /cancel" wide fullword
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 1000KB and ( 1 of ( $x* ) or all of ( $sa* ) or all of ( $sb* ) ) or 6 of them
}
Strings (9 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $x1 | text | "EDR-Freeze.exe <TargetPID> <SleepTime>" | wide fullword |
| $x2 | text | "Successfully created PPL process with PID:" | wide fullword |
| $x3 | text | "\\EDR-Freeze.pdb" | ascii |
| $sa1 | text | "C:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFaultSecure.exe" | wide fullword |
| $sa2 | text | "Failed to create dump files: " | wide fullword |
| $sb1 | text | " /encfile" | wide fullword |
| $sb2 | text | " /pid" | wide fullword |
| $sb3 | text | " /tid" | wide fullword |
| $sb4 | text | " /cancel" | wide fullword |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 1000KB and ( 1 of ( $x* ) or all of ( $sa* ) or all of ( $sb* ) ) or 6 of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- The file must be smaller than 1000KB (a cheap guard that skips large files).
- All patterns in ( $sa* ) must match.
- All patterns in ( $sb* ) must match.
- At least 1 patterns in ( $x* ) must match.
- At least 6 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).
- 193ca17f574fa5e23866560170425f83696f78e83dabd7e831dd7827a69283fd
- 36a17919a97732f1ddc31b421c6ebb0c535924f895d7caaff04a5da908c42f76
- 394b768bfd3506a9ee6b7bbe6f87c40fb23c28f7919a2a9eb333b27db635eafe
- a8ec07f006a9068ce5f068b3bb61b0649481b6b26203b8eb4308c53ff1d1bf8d
- d485017fb20c5a8fe38a6dbf896d4cbce485ff53a6cfe0e1440a1818b2d303ee
- d989ebd417e6fae60a544e43bfc0ee63f5d9352ce0059b95ed4e7e18efbc5d0b
- e2b2dd0984e52112965392471f6a09020eb8380aa53d48d2fb4dd3aaa7edae9b
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: e3fd5815-71c4-5510-bfb4-82203d81cc78
Tags:FILE
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