YARA · Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron)
SIGNATURE_BASE_SUSP_EXPL_JAR_Indicators_Dec24
Detects characteristics of JAR files used during Cleo software exploitation (as reported by Huntress in December 2024)
- Author
- Florian Roth
- Date
- 2024-12-10
- Modified
- 2024-12-12
- Score / Quality
- 70 / 85
What this rule detects
Detects characteristics of JAR files used during Cleo software exploitation (as reported by Huntress in December 2024)
It defines 5 patterns (5 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_SUSP_EXPL_JAR_Indicators_Dec24 : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects characteristics of JAR files used during Cleo software exploitation (as reported by Huntress in December 2024)"
= "Florian Roth"
= "4e8f6aa8-9efd-5fcf-b795-5042d4ba1708"
= "2024-12-10"
= "2024-12-12"
= "https://www.huntress.com/blog/threat-advisory-oh-no-cleo-cleo-software-actively-being-exploited-in-the-wild"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/expl_cleo_dec24.yar#L204-L222"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "8b87e7000ab5d9759f55660a085bf0f3dddb46ad1ea411cbbabce1000105ee9e"
= 70
= 85
= "FILE"
strings:
$s1 = "TLS v3 " ascii
$s2 = "java/util/Base64$Decoder" ascii
$s3 = "AES/CBC/NoPadding" ascii
$s4 = "getenv" ascii
$s5 = "ava/util/zip/ZipInputStream" ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0xfeca and filesize < 20KB and all of them
}
Strings (5 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "TLS v3 " | ascii |
| $s2 | text | "java/util/Base64$Decoder" | ascii |
| $s3 | text | "AES/CBC/NoPadding" | ascii |
| $s4 | text | "getenv" | ascii |
| $s5 | text | "ava/util/zip/ZipInputStream" | ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0xfeca and filesize < 20KB and all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must be smaller than 20KB (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: 4e8f6aa8-9efd-5fcf-b795-5042d4ba1708
Tags:FILE
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