Actor(s): UNC2452
Mandiant characterizes this malware as a downloader and shellcode stager.
rule win_ceeloader_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.ceeloader." 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.ceeloader" 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 = { 89d6 81e635913d02 89b424ec030000 8bb424ec030000 c1e601 89b424e8030000 44039c24e8030000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 89d6 | pop edx // 81e635913d02 | cmp ebx, ebp // 89b424ec030000 | or ebx, edx // 8bb424ec030000 | mov ebx, esi // c1e601 | or edx, ebx // 89b424e8030000 | or edx, ebx // 44039c24e8030000 | cmp ecx, esi $sequence_1 = { 4c8d0562cd0a00 488d1563cd0a00 b901000000 e8???????? 488bd8 4885c0 7417 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4c8d0562cd0a00 | or eax, dword ptr [esp + 0xb9c] // 488d1563cd0a00 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x670], eax // b901000000 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0xcd4] // e8???????? | // 488bd8 | shr eax, 8 // 4885c0 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0xcd0], eax // 7417 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0xcd0] $sequence_2 = { ff15???????? 898424f80a0000 66c78424f60a00000000 66c78424f40a00000000 48c78424e80a000000000000 4c8b8424e80a0000 668b9424f40a0000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 898424f80a0000 | mov edx, eax // 66c78424f60a00000000 | dec eax // 66c78424f40a00000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0xa8], eax // 48c78424e80a000000000000 | inc ecx // 4c8b8424e80a0000 | mov eax, 0xc8 // 668b9424f40a0000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0xbc], ecx $sequence_3 = { c784249002000075380000 c784248c020000c5360000 c78424880200005a380000 c7842484020000ff6f0000 c7842480020000123e0000 c784247c02000043360000 c78424780200001f220000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c784249002000075380000 | mov edx, eax // c784248c020000c5360000 | inc ecx // c78424880200005a380000 | and edx, 0x24b27f5 // c7842484020000ff6f0000 | inc esp // c7842480020000123e0000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x4a0], edx // c784247c02000043360000 | inc esp // c78424780200001f220000 | mov edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x4a0] $sequence_4 = { 488945cf 488945d7 488d05cc660700 488945ff 488d05d1660700 4889450f 488d05d6660700 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488945cf | mov dword ptr [ebx + 0x50], 6 // 488945d7 | dec eax // 488d05cc660700 | mov dword ptr [ebx + 0x48], ecx // 488945ff | mov byte ptr [ebx + 0x54], 0 // 488d05d1660700 | mov dword ptr [ebx + 0x50], eax // 4889450f | jmp 0x175a // 488d05d6660700 | dec eax $sequence_5 = { 8bc6 0bda 8bde 0bd3 3bce 33f5 0bc3 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8bc6 | mov ebx, esi // 0bda | or edx, ebx // 8bde | cmp ecx, esi // 0bd3 | and edi, ebp // 3bce | and eax, edi // 33f5 | or edi, edi // 0bc3 | or ebx, edx $sequence_6 = { 41c1ea05 44899424f4040000 442b8c24f4040000 44898c24f0040000 448b8c24f0040000 4189c2 4181e2b1524402 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 41c1ea05 | inc ebp // 44899424f4040000 | mov eax, edx // 442b8c24f4040000 | dec esp // 44898c24f0040000 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x154] // 448b8c24f0040000 | dec eax // 4189c2 | mov ecx, edx // 4181e2b1524402 | dec eax $sequence_7 = { 0fbe05???????? 83f06c 88c1 884c2445 0fbe05???????? 83f06f 88c1 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 0fbe05???????? | // 83f06c | inc esp // 88c1 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x354], ebx // 884c2445 | inc esp // 0fbe05???????? | // 83f06f | mov ebx, dword ptr [esp + 0x354] // 88c1 | inc ecx $sequence_8 = { 41c1e405 4489a42458040000 4403bc2458040000 4489bc2454040000 448bbc2454040000 4589dc 4181e45d386101 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 41c1e405 | mov ecx, edx // 4489a42458040000 | dec eax // 4403bc2458040000 | lea edx, [0xc2648] // 4489bc2454040000 | inc ecx // 448bbc2454040000 | mov eax, 7 // 4589dc | dec esp // 4181e45d386101 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x1f0] $sequence_9 = { 44698424a0090000ab000000 448984249c090000 448b84249c090000 41c1e80c 4489842498090000 446b84249809000003 4489842494090000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 44698424a0090000ab000000 | mov edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x100] // 448984249c090000 | dec eax // 448b84249c090000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x60], ecx // 41c1e80c | dec eax // 4489842498090000 | mov ecx, edx // 446b84249809000003 | dec eax // 4489842494090000 | lea edx, [0xc6f12] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 2321408 }
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