Actor(s): Leviathan
BADFLICK, a backdoor that is capable of modifying the file system, generating a reverse shell, and modifying its command-and-control configuration.
rule win_badflick_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.badflick." 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.badflick" 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 = { 8bd8 59 391d???????? 7d22 a1???????? 3bc7 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8bd8 | mov ebx, eax // 59 | pop ecx // 391d???????? | // 7d22 | jge 0x24 // a1???????? | // 3bc7 | cmp eax, edi $sequence_1 = { 59 a3???????? 891d???????? ff750c e8???????? 50 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 59 | pop ecx // a3???????? | // 891d???????? | // ff750c | push dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // e8???????? | // 50 | push eax $sequence_2 = { 51 51 8b4d0c 8b4101 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 51 | push ecx // 51 | push ecx // 8b4d0c | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 8b4101 | mov eax, dword ptr [ecx + 1] $sequence_3 = { ff75e8 ff15???????? ff75e8 ff15???????? 33db 43 ff75e8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff75e8 | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x18] // ff15???????? | // ff75e8 | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x18] // ff15???????? | // 33db | xor ebx, ebx // 43 | inc ebx // ff75e8 | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x18] $sequence_4 = { 8bec 83ec2c 8d45d4 50 ff15???????? 8d45f8 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8bec | mov ebp, esp // 83ec2c | sub esp, 0x2c // 8d45d4 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x2c] // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // 8d45f8 | lea eax, [ebp - 8] $sequence_5 = { 23c7 5f c9 c3 55 8bec } // n = 6, score = 100 // 23c7 | and eax, edi // 5f | pop edi // c9 | leave // c3 | ret // 55 | push ebp // 8bec | mov ebp, esp $sequence_6 = { 6683bdf8fdffff00 56 8db5f8fdffff 7431 56 ff15???????? 50 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 6683bdf8fdffff00 | cmp word ptr [ebp - 0x208], 0 // 56 | push esi // 8db5f8fdffff | lea esi, [ebp - 0x208] // 7431 | je 0x33 // 56 | push esi // ff15???????? | // 50 | push eax $sequence_7 = { ffd6 59 59 eb03 83c702 66833f00 75f7 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ffd6 | call esi // 59 | pop ecx // 59 | pop ecx // eb03 | jmp 5 // 83c702 | add edi, 2 // 66833f00 | cmp word ptr [edi], 0 // 75f7 | jne 0xfffffff9 $sequence_8 = { ff75f8 ff75e4 ff15???????? ebce 55 8bec 56 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff75f8 | push dword ptr [ebp - 8] // ff75e4 | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c] // ff15???????? | // ebce | jmp 0xffffffd0 // 55 | push ebp // 8bec | mov ebp, esp // 56 | push esi $sequence_9 = { 8901 83f8ff 750b 57 e8???????? } // n = 5, score = 100 // 8901 | mov dword ptr [ecx], eax // 83f8ff | cmp eax, -1 // 750b | jne 0xd // 57 | push edi // e8???????? | condition: 7 of them and filesize < 81920 }
rule win_badflick_w0 { meta: description = "Detects BADFLICK backdoor" author = "@VK_Intel" reference = "BADFLICK backdoor" date = "2018-03-26" hash = "7ba05abdf8f0323aa30c3d52e22df951eb5b67a2620014336eab7907b0a5cedf" reference = "https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/03/suspected-chinese-espionage-group-targeting-maritime-and-engineering-industries.html" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.badflick" malpedia_version = "20180407" malpedia_license = "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" strings: $s0 = "%s\\en-US\\cmd.exe.mui" fullword wide $s1 = "[Green] pid=%d tid=%d modulePath=%s|" fullword wide $s2 = "1|103.243.175.181|80|5|xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wide ascii $s3 = "modulePath=%[^|]" fullword wide $s4 = "%s:%d:%s:%d:%d" fullword ascii $s5 = "regsvr32 %s %s %s go \"%s\"" fullword wide $s6 = "modulePath=" fullword wide $s7 = "%d %d.%d.%d %s" fullword wide $s8 = "winMain static green" fullword wide $s9 = "o%d Core %.2f GHz" fullword wide $s10 = "6&62676=6B6G6N6c6s6" fullword ascii $op0 = { 8b 54 24 54 8b cf 2b cb 8d 04 0a 3b c7 76 02 8b } $op1 = { a1 08 77 40 00 89 45 94 8d 45 94 50 ff 35 04 77 } $op2 = { 8b 7c 24 14 8b f7 2b f5 8d 64 24 00 8a 1f 84 db } condition: uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 108KB and 8 of ($s*) and 1 of ($op*) }
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