YARA · Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron)
SIGNATURE_BASE_SUSP_Command_Line_Combos_Feb24_2
Detects suspicious command line combinations often found in post exploitation activities
- Author
- Florian Roth
- Date
- 2024-02-23
- Modified
- 2024-04-24
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 85
What this rule detects
Detects suspicious command line combinations often found in post exploitation activities
Associated malware family: Combos.
It defines 2 patterns (2 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_SUSP_Command_Line_Combos_Feb24_2 : SCRIPT FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects suspicious command line combinations often found in post exploitation activities"
= "Florian Roth"
= "d9bc6083-c3ca-5639-a9df-483fea6d0187"
= "2024-02-23"
= "2024-04-24"
= "https://www.huntress.com/blog/slashandgrab-screen-connect-post-exploitation-in-the-wild-cve-2024-1709-cve-2024-1708"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/expl_connectwise_screenconnect_vuln_feb24.yar#L105-L118"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "0cd7b4771aa8fd622e873c5cdc6689d24394e5faf026b36d5f228ac09f4e0441"
= 75
= 85
= "SCRIPT, FILE"
strings:
$sa1 = " | iex"
$sa2 = "iwr -UseBasicParsing "
condition:
filesize < 2MB and all of them
}
Strings (2 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $sa1 | text | " | iex" | |
| $sa2 | text | "iwr -UseBasicParsing " |
Condition
filesize < 2MB and all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must be smaller than 2MB (a cheap guard that skips large files).
- All patterns in the rule 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: d9bc6083-c3ca-5639-a9df-483fea6d0187
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