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rule win_appleseed_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" 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 = "20260422" malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14" malpedia_version = "20260504" 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 = { 48c745d80f000000 488975d0 c645c000 4d8bce 4533c0 498bd4 488d4dc0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 48c745d80f000000 | dec eax // 488975d0 | lea edx, [0x21bb7] // c645c000 | dec eax // 4d8bce | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x48] // 4533c0 | je 0x1d84 // 498bd4 | dec eax // 488d4dc0 | lea edx, [0x21995] $sequence_1 = { 488d4db8 e8???????? 48833d????????00 0f84d5110000 488d151b1b0200 488d4db8 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488d4db8 | lea eax, [0x267cb] // e8???????? | // 48833d????????00 | // 0f84d5110000 | nop // 488d151b1b0200 | dec eax // 488d4db8 | lea edx, [esp + 0x60] // e8???????? | $sequence_2 = { e8???????? 488b8d90000000 4833cc e8???????? 488b9c24b0010000 4881c4a0010000 } // n = 6, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 488b8d90000000 | dec eax // 4833cc | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x50], ebx // e8???????? | // 488b9c24b0010000 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x40], 0 // 4881c4a0010000 | dec eax $sequence_3 = { 488b8d00010000 e8???????? 48c785180100000f000000 4889bd10010000 c6850001000000 4883bdf800000010 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 488b8d00010000 | je 0x243 // e8???????? | // 48c785180100000f000000 | dec eax // 4889bd10010000 | lea ecx, [0x1dce2] // c6850001000000 | jae 0x232 // 4883bdf800000010 | or eax, 0xffffffff $sequence_4 = { 48c74424580f000000 48c744245000000000 c644244000 897c2428 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 48c74424580f000000 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x20] // 48c744245000000000 | dec eax // c644244000 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0x38], 0xf // 897c2428 | dec esp $sequence_5 = { 48833d????????00 0f84f50b0000 488d1533190200 488d4db8 e8???????? 90 488d55d8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 48833d????????00 | // 0f84f50b0000 | nop // 488d1533190200 | dec eax // 488d4db8 | lea edx, [ebp - 9] // e8???????? | // 90 | dec eax // 488d55d8 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x29] $sequence_6 = { 488d4c2420 e8???????? 90 48c745a00f000000 4c896d98 c6458800 4983c9ff } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488d4c2420 | lea ecx, [0x204a4] // e8???????? | // 90 | dec eax // 48c745a00f000000 | mov ebx, dword ptr [esp + 0x48] // 4c896d98 | dec eax // c6458800 | mov ebp, dword ptr [esp + 0x50] // 4983c9ff | dec eax $sequence_7 = { 488b05???????? 4833c4 48898590000000 488d4d70 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 488b05???????? | // 4833c4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x38], ebx // 48898590000000 | je 0xa60 // 488d4d70 | dec eax $sequence_8 = { 48ffc7 803c3a00 75f7 488d4c2450 4c8bc7 e8???????? 488d4c2450 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 48ffc7 | jne 0x1666 // 803c3a00 | dec eax // 75f7 | lea eax, [0x1d657] // 488d4c2450 | jmp 0x166a // 4c8bc7 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 488d4c2450 | add eax, 0x10 $sequence_9 = { 4883feff 748e 41b904010000 4c8d842460010000 33d2 488bce ff15???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4883feff | dec eax // 748e | lea ecx, [edx + 0x148] // 41b904010000 | dec eax // 4c8d842460010000 | lea ecx, [edx + 0x148] // 33d2 | dec eax // 488bce | lea ecx, [edx + 0x30] // ff15???????? | 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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