Skip to content

YARA · Volexity threat-intel

VOLEXITY_Apt_Win_3Cx_Backdoored_Lib

Detects the malicious library delivered in the backdoored 3CX installer.

APT / threat actorVolexity threat-intelBSD 2-Clause LicenseCompiles with YARA-X
Author
threatintel@volexity.com
Date
2023-03-30
Score / Quality
75 / 80

What this rule detects

Detects the malicious library delivered in the backdoored 3CX installer.

It defines 1 patterns (0 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

apt-win-3cx-backdoored-lib.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule VOLEXITY_Apt_Win_3Cx_Backdoored_Lib : UTA0040
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects the malicious library delivered in the backdoored 3CX installer."
		author = "threatintel@volexity.com"
		id = "39270b93-830e-598f-a38e-fcc5050e4d30"
		date = "2023-03-30"
		modified = "2023-03-30"
		reference = "https://www.reddit.com/r/crowdstrike/comments/125r3uu/20230329_situational_awareness_crowdstrike/"
		source_url = "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/3a9d0b52459877ee866a9a0ba06e60059b778c77/2023/2023-03-30 3CX/indicators/rules.yar#L94-L133"
		license_url = "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/3a9d0b52459877ee866a9a0ba06e60059b778c77/LICENSE.txt"
		hash = "7986bbaee8940da11ce089383521ab420c443ab7b15ed42aed91fd31ce833896"
		logic_hash = "40be2d46a318ff03724ea1f6628d78001c14c85a3ae6d032c0324ea849d707f2"
		score = 75
		quality = 80
		tags = "UTA0040"
		memory_suitable = 1
		license = "See license at https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/main/LICENSE.txt"

	strings:
		$shellcode = {
                        44 8D 4A ??
                        44 8D 92 ?? ?? ?? ??
                        45 85 C9
                        45 0F 49 D1
                        41 81 E2 00 FF FF FF
                        41 F7 DA
                        44 01 D2
                        FF C2
                        4C 63 CA
                        46 8A 94 0C ?? ?? ?? ??
                        45 00 D0
                        45 0F B6 D8
                        42 8A AC 1C ?? ?? ?? ??
                        46 88 94 1C ?? ?? ?? ??
                        42 88 AC 0C ?? ?? ?? ??
                        42 02 AC 1C ?? ?? ?? ??
                        44 0F B6 CD
                        46 8A 8C 0C ?? ?? ?? ??
                        45 30 0C 0E
                        48 FF C1
                        48 39 C8
                        75 ??
                }

	condition:
		all of them
}

Strings (1 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$shellcodehex{ 44 8D 4A ?? 44 8D 92 ?? ?? ?? ?? 45 85 C9 45 0F 49 D1 …

Condition

all of them

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • All patterns in the rule must match.

Test this rule in your browser

Drop a file to scan it with this rule using YARA-X compiled to WebAssembly. Nothing is uploaded.

Drop a file here or click to chooseScanned locally with YARA-X. Files up to 200 MB.

Open in editor

References

Sample hashes

Hashes of samples the author lists in the rule's meta (look them up in your threat-intelligence platform).

  • 7986bbaee8940da11ce089383521ab420c443ab7b15ed42aed91fd31ce833896

Licence & attribution

Author: threatintel@volexity.com

Source repository: Volexity threat-intel @ 3a9d0b5245

Licence: BSD 2-Clause License (stated in the rule's own meta)

“See license at https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/main/LICENSE.txt”

Copyright notice: Copyright 2022 by Volexity, Inc.

Original rule

Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.

Rule id: 39270b93-830e-598f-a38e-fcc5050e4d30

Metadata

memory_suitable1

Tags:UTA0040