SYMBOLCOMMON_NAMEaka. SYNONYMS
win.bluehaze (Back to overview)

BLUEHAZE

VTCollection    

Mandiant associates this with UNC4191, this malware is a launcher for NCAT to establish a reverse tunnel.

References
2022-11-28MandiantGeoff Ackerman, John Wolfram, Ryan Tomcik, Tommy Dacanay
Always Another Secret: Lifting the Haze on China-nexus Espionage in Southeast Asia
BLUEHAZE DARKDEW MISTCLOAK UNC4191
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_bluehaze_auto (20260504 | Detects win.bluehaze.)
rule win_bluehaze_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.bluehaze."
        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.bluehaze"
        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 = { c645fc18 e8???????? 8b08 8b5104 83c408 f644020c06 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   c645fc18             | mov                 byte ptr [ebp - 4], 0x18
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8b08                 | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [eax]
            //   8b5104               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ecx + 4]
            //   83c408               | add                 esp, 8
            //   f644020c06           | test                byte ptr [edx + eax + 0xc], 6

        $sequence_1 = { e9???????? 68???????? 8d8db0fbffff e8???????? 85c0 753c 6a30 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   8d8db0fbffff         | lea                 ecx, [ebp - 0x450]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   753c                 | jne                 0x3e
            //   6a30                 | push                0x30

        $sequence_2 = { 895e10 8bc7 8b4df4 64890d00000000 59 5f 5e }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   895e10               | mov                 dword ptr [esi + 0x10], ebx
            //   8bc7                 | mov                 eax, edi
            //   8b4df4               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc]
            //   64890d00000000       | mov                 dword ptr fs:[0], ecx
            //   59                   | pop                 ecx
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   5e                   | pop                 esi

        $sequence_3 = { 8bf0 3b772c 75ac 5e 8b07 8b5048 8bcf }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   8bf0                 | mov                 esi, eax
            //   3b772c               | cmp                 esi, dword ptr [edi + 0x2c]
            //   75ac                 | jne                 0xffffffae
            //   5e                   | pop                 esi
            //   8b07                 | mov                 eax, dword ptr [edi]
            //   8b5048               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [eax + 0x48]
            //   8bcf                 | mov                 ecx, edi

        $sequence_4 = { ffd2 8b10 8bc8 8b4240 53 ffd0 8b4dfc }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   ffd2                 | call                edx
            //   8b10                 | mov                 edx, dword ptr [eax]
            //   8bc8                 | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   8b4240               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [edx + 0x40]
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   ffd0                 | call                eax
            //   8b4dfc               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 4]

        $sequence_5 = { 8d4e08 c745e40f000000 895de0 c645d000 e8???????? 8b7e0c 89856cfeffff }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   8d4e08               | lea                 ecx, [esi + 8]
            //   c745e40f000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], 0xf
            //   895de0               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], ebx
            //   c645d000             | mov                 byte ptr [ebp - 0x30], 0
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8b7e0c               | mov                 edi, dword ptr [esi + 0xc]
            //   89856cfeffff         | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x194], eax

        $sequence_6 = { 51 8bd8 e8???????? 8bf0 83c414 85f6 7407 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   51                   | push                ecx
            //   8bd8                 | mov                 ebx, eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8bf0                 | mov                 esi, eax
            //   83c414               | add                 esp, 0x14
            //   85f6                 | test                esi, esi
            //   7407                 | je                  9

        $sequence_7 = { 8d8df0feffff e9???????? c3 8b8574feffff 83e002 0f8412000000 83a574fefffffd }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   8d8df0feffff         | lea                 ecx, [ebp - 0x110]
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   8b8574feffff         | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x18c]
            //   83e002               | and                 eax, 2
            //   0f8412000000         | je                  0x18
            //   83a574fefffffd       | and                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x18c], 0xfffffffd

        $sequence_8 = { 50 8d8d80feffff c645fc04 e8???????? 83bdccfeffff10 c645fc03 720f }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   8d8d80feffff         | lea                 ecx, [ebp - 0x180]
            //   c645fc04             | mov                 byte ptr [ebp - 4], 4
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83bdccfeffff10       | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x134], 0x10
            //   c645fc03             | mov                 byte ptr [ebp - 4], 3
            //   720f                 | jb                  0x11

        $sequence_9 = { 897dc8 8b7db4 c745cc0f000000 c645b800 83fb01 0f8716feffff be10000000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   897dc8               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x38], edi
            //   8b7db4               | mov                 edi, dword ptr [ebp - 0x4c]
            //   c745cc0f000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x34], 0xf
            //   c645b800             | mov                 byte ptr [ebp - 0x48], 0
            //   83fb01               | cmp                 ebx, 1
            //   0f8716feffff         | ja                  0xfffffe1c
            //   be10000000           | mov                 esi, 0x10

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 424960
}
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