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rule win_appleseed_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.appleseed." info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator" tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0" signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.appleseed" malpedia_rule_date = "20260105" malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79" malpedia_version = "20251219" malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" /* DISCLAIMER * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator. * The code and documentation is published here: * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given * number of families, only single samples are documented. * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer. * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels. */ strings: $sequence_0 = { 4989742410 41c6042400 49837f1810 7208 498b0f e8???????? 49c747180f000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4989742410 | dec eax // 41c6042400 | xor ecx, esp // 49837f1810 | dec eax // 7208 | mov ebx, dword ptr [esp + 0xf8] // 498b0f | mov byte ptr [ecx + 0x18], 1 // e8???????? | // 49c747180f000000 | dec ecx $sequence_1 = { 0f8414010000 488d15d2160200 488d4db8 e8???????? 90 488d55d8 488bc8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 0f8414010000 | dec eax // 488d15d2160200 | mov edx, eax // 488d4db8 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 90 | mov eax, dword ptr [edi + 0x18] // 488d55d8 | dec eax // 488bc8 | mov dword ptr [eax + ebp*8], edx $sequence_2 = { 48894c2470 33f6 89742440 48c741180f000000 48897110 408831 4533c0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 48894c2470 | dec eax // 33f6 | lea ecx, [ebp + 0x10] // 89742440 | nop // 48c741180f000000 | dec eax // 48897110 | cmp dword ptr [ebx + 0x18], 0x10 // 408831 | jb 0xf47 // 4533c0 | dec eax $sequence_3 = { 48837dd010 7209 488b4db8 e8???????? 48833d????????00 0f847c180000 48c745d00f000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 48837dd010 | dec eax // 7209 | lea edx, [0x21bb7] // 488b4db8 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 48833d????????00 | // 0f847c180000 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x48] // 48c745d00f000000 | nop $sequence_4 = { 480f434daf 488b5d07 4c8bc3 4c8b75bf 4c3bf3 4d0f42c6 4d85c0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 480f434daf | dec eax // 488b5d07 | sar ecx, 5 // 4c8bc3 | dec ebp // 4c8b75bf | imul eax, eax, 0x58 // 4c3bf3 | dec esp // 4d0f42c6 | add eax, dword ptr [eax + ecx*8 + 0x36700] // 4d85c0 | jmp 0xaf2 $sequence_5 = { 4889742440 4088742430 448d463c 488d1524b40100 488d4c2430 e8???????? 90 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4889742440 | dec eax // 4088742430 | lea edx, [0x2191d] // 448d463c | dec eax // 488d1524b40100 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x48] // 488d4c2430 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 90 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x48] $sequence_6 = { 488b5c2438 4883c420 5e c3 488d0d887c0200 e8???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // 488b5c2438 | dec eax // 4883c420 | lea edx, [ebp + 0x10] // 5e | dec eax // c3 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x50] // 488d0d887c0200 | dec ecx // e8???????? | $sequence_7 = { 48897310 c60300 48837d9810 7209 488b4d80 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 48897310 | dec eax // c60300 | mov edx, eax // 48837d9810 | dec eax // 7209 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x78] // 488b4d80 | nop $sequence_8 = { e8???????? 488325????????00 4883c428 c3 488d05310a0200 c3 4053 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 488325????????00 | // 4883c428 | dec eax // c3 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x80] // 488d05310a0200 | dec ecx // c3 | or eax, 0xffffffff // 4053 | inc esp $sequence_9 = { 488bfa 488bf1 4533f6 4489742460 44887580 33d2 41b8ff030000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488bfa | lea esi, [0x2075d] // 488bf1 | dec esp // 4533f6 | lea edi, [0x2075a] // 4489742460 | dec esp // 44887580 | lea esp, [0x20757] // 33d2 | dec ebp // 41b8ff030000 | sub edi, edx condition: 7 of them and filesize < 497664 }
rule win_appleseed_w0 { meta: author = "KrCERT/CC Profound Analysis Team" date = "2020-12-4" info = "Operation MUZABI" hash = "43cc6d190238e851d33066cbe9be9ac8" hash = "fd10bd6013aabadbcb9edb8a23ba7331" hash = "16231e2e8991c60a42f293e0c33ff801" hash = "89fff6645013008cda57f88639b92990" hash = "030e2f992cbc4e61f0d5c994779caf3b" hash = "3620c22671641fbf32cf496b118b85f6" hash = "4876fc88c361743a1220a7b161f8f06f" hash = "94b8a0e4356d0202dc61046e3d8bdfe0" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.appleseed" malpedia_rule_date = "20201015" malpedia_version = "20201015" malpedia_license = "CC NC-BY-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" strings: $appleseed_str1 = {0f 8? ?? (00|01) 00 00 [0-1] 83 f? 20 0f 8? (01|00) 00 00} $appleseed_str2 = {88 45 [0-15] 0f b6 44 ?? 01} $appleseed_str3 = {83 f? 10 [0-5] 83 e? 10} $appleseed_key1 = {89 04 ?9 [0-6] ff 34 ?? e8 [10-16] 89 0c 98 8b ?? 0c [0-3] ff 34 98} $appleseed_key2 = {83 f? 10 [0-10] 32 4c 05 ?? ?? 88 4c ?? 0f} $appleseed_key3 = {89 04 ?9 49 83 ?? 04 48 ?? ?? 10 8b 0c a8 e8 [0-10] 48 8b ?? ?8} $seed_str1 = {44 0f b6 44 3d c0 45 32 c7 44 32 45 d4} $seed_str2 = {0f b6 44 3? ?? [0-25] 83 c4 0c} $seed_str3 = {32 45 c? ?? ?? ?? 32 45 e?} condition: uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 400KB and (2 of ($appleseed_str*)) and (1 of ($seed_str*)) and (1 of ($appleseed_key*)) }
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