YARA · Volexity threat-intel
VOLEXITY_Malware_Win_Backwash_Iis
Variant of the BACKWASH malware family with IIS worm functionality.
- Author
- threatintel@volexity.com
- Date
- 2020-09-04
- Modified
- 2023-08-17
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Variant of the BACKWASH malware family with IIS worm functionality.
It defines 7 patterns (7 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule VOLEXITY_Malware_Win_Backwash_Iis : WHEELEDASH FILE MEMORY
{
meta:
= "Variant of the BACKWASH malware family with IIS worm functionality."
= "threatintel@volexity.com"
= "08a86a58-32af-5c82-90d2-d6603dae8d63"
= "2020-09-04"
= "2023-08-17"
= "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel"
= "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/3a9d0b52459877ee866a9a0ba06e60059b778c77/2021/2021-12-06 - XEGroup/indicators/yara.yar#L181-L208"
= "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/3a9d0b52459877ee866a9a0ba06e60059b778c77/LICENSE.txt"
= "98e39573a3d355d7fdf3439d9418fdbf4e42c2e03051b5313d5c84f3df485627"
= "95a7f9e0afb031b49cd0da66b5a887d26ad2e06cce625bc45739b4a80e96ce9c"
= 75
= 80
= "WHEELEDASH, FILE, MEMORY"
= "file,memory"
= "high"
= "See license at https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/main/LICENSE.txt"
= 231
= 6
strings:
$a1 = "GetShell" ascii
$a2 = "smallShell" ascii
$a3 = "createSmallShell" ascii
$a4 = "getSites" ascii
$a5 = "getFiles " ascii
$b1 = "action=saveshell&domain=" ascii wide
$b2 = "&shell=backsession.aspx" ascii wide
condition:
all of ( $a* ) or any of ( $b* )
}
Strings (7 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $a1 | text | "GetShell" | ascii |
| $a2 | text | "smallShell" | ascii |
| $a3 | text | "createSmallShell" | ascii |
| $a4 | text | "getSites" | ascii |
| $a5 | text | "getFiles " | ascii |
| $b1 | text | "action=saveshell&domain=" | ascii wide |
| $b2 | text | "&shell=backsession.aspx" | ascii wide |
Condition
all of ( $a* ) or any of ( $b* )In plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in ( $a* ) must match.
- At least one pattern in ( $b* ) must match.
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References
Sample hashes
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- 98e39573a3d355d7fdf3439d9418fdbf4e42c2e03051b5313d5c84f3df485627
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.
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: 08a86a58-32af-5c82-90d2-d6603dae8d63
Metadata
| scan_context | file,memory |
|---|---|
| severity | high |
| rule_id | 231 |
| version | 6 |
Tags:WHEELEDASHFILEMEMORY
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