YARA · Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron)
SIGNATURE_BASE_MAL_Kernel_Regphantom_Mar26
Detects RegPhantom, a kernel-mode rootkit that allow attacker to inject arbitrary code from unprivileged user-mode into kernel-mode and execute it.
- Author
- Pezier Pierre-Henri (Nextron Systems)
- Date
- 2026-03-19
- Modified
- 2026-05-15
- Score / Quality
- 80 / 85
What this rule detects
Detects RegPhantom, a kernel-mode rootkit that allow attacker to inject arbitrary code from unprivileged user-mode into kernel-mode and execute it.
Associated malware family: Regphantom.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 4 patterns (2 text, 2 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_MAL_Kernel_Regphantom_Mar26 : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects RegPhantom, a kernel-mode rootkit that allow attacker to inject arbitrary code from unprivileged user-mode into kernel-mode and execute it."
= "Pezier Pierre-Henri (Nextron Systems)"
= "aa8963b5-3053-52a4-a84f-2fc02d03275e"
= "2026-03-19"
= "2026-05-15"
= "Internal Research"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/mal_kernel_regphantom_mar26.yar#L1-L31"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "006e08f1b8cad821f7849c282dc11d317e76ce66a5bcd84053dd5e7752e0606f"
= "53dead8b4cd4f0139249940fbf2767a5411aef73e1919279ef66243fe009bb27"
= 80
= 85
= "FILE"
strings:
$s1 = "CmRegisterCallback" fullword
$s2 = "PsSetCreateThreadNotifyRoutine" fullword
$o1 = {
// xor decrypt
48 8b 09 // mov rcx, [rcx]
0f b6 14 08 // movzx edx, byte ptr [rax+rcx]
4c 31 c2 // xor rdx, r8
88 14 08 // mov [rax+rcx], dl
}
$o2 = {
// Command selector
c6 01 01 // mov byte ptr [rcx], 1
48 83 38 77 // cmp qword ptr [rax], 77h
0f 94 c0 // setz al
24 01 // and al, 1
}
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and all of them
}
Strings (4 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "CmRegisterCallback" | fullword |
| $s2 | text | "PsSetCreateThreadNotifyRoutine" | fullword |
| $o1 | hex | { // xor decrypt 48 8b 09 // mov rcx, [rcx] 0f b6 14 08 // movzx edx, byte ptr [rax+rcx] 4c 31 c2 // xor … | |
| $o2 | hex | { // Command selector c6 01 01 // mov byte ptr [rcx], 1 48 83 38 77 // cmp qword ptr [rax], 77h 0f 94 c0 // … |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- All patterns in the rule must match.
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Sample hashes
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- 006e08f1b8cad821f7849c282dc11d317e76ce66a5bcd84053dd5e7752e0606f
Licence & attribution
Author: Pezier Pierre-Henri (Nextron Systems)
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: aa8963b5-3053-52a4-a84f-2fc02d03275e
Tags:FILE
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