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rule win_citadel_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.citadel." 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.citadel" malpedia_rule_date = "20260916" malpedia_hash = "53a643781c18e08f4a50949af60172d837a0b6f6" malpedia_version = "20260917" 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 = { eb0e 6800800000 53 57 } // n = 4, score = 5100 // eb0e | jmp 0x10 // 6800800000 | push 0x8000 // 53 | push ebx // 57 | push edi $sequence_1 = { 03f7 6a0d 5f e8???????? } // n = 4, score = 5000 // 03f7 | add esi, edi // 6a0d | push 0xd // 5f | pop edi // e8???????? | $sequence_2 = { ff15???????? 85c0 0f8566010000 57 57 57 57 } // n = 7, score = 5000 // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f8566010000 | jne 0x16c // 57 | push edi // 57 | push edi // 57 | push edi // 57 | push edi $sequence_3 = { 50 57 e8???????? 33db 3c01 } // n = 5, score = 5000 // 50 | push eax // 57 | push edi // e8???????? | // 33db | xor ebx, ebx // 3c01 | cmp al, 1 $sequence_4 = { a1???????? 57 e8???????? 8945fc } // n = 4, score = 5000 // a1???????? | // 57 | push edi // e8???????? | // 8945fc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 4], eax $sequence_5 = { 3d00002003 7715 8b4d08 890e 895604 895e0c } // n = 6, score = 5000 // 3d00002003 | cmp eax, 0x3200000 // 7715 | ja 0x17 // 8b4d08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 890e | mov dword ptr [esi], ecx // 895604 | mov dword ptr [esi + 4], edx // 895e0c | mov dword ptr [esi + 0xc], ebx $sequence_6 = { 743b 68???????? 03f7 6a0d } // n = 4, score = 5000 // 743b | je 0x3d // 68???????? | // 03f7 | add esi, edi // 6a0d | push 0xd $sequence_7 = { 33c9 663918 7507 41 66395802 7405 83c002 } // n = 7, score = 5000 // 33c9 | xor ecx, ecx // 663918 | cmp word ptr [eax], bx // 7507 | jne 9 // 41 | inc ecx // 66395802 | cmp word ptr [eax + 2], bx // 7405 | je 7 // 83c002 | add eax, 2 $sequence_8 = { ff4df8 47 0f8525ffffff 5b } // n = 4, score = 3900 // ff4df8 | dec dword ptr [ebp - 8] // 47 | inc edi // 0f8525ffffff | jne 0xffffff2b // 5b | pop ebx $sequence_9 = { eb30 d0e8 3ac3 73fa 0fb6c0 8b44c104 } // n = 6, score = 3900 // eb30 | jmp 0x32 // d0e8 | shr al, 1 // 3ac3 | cmp al, bl // 73fa | jae 0xfffffffc // 0fb6c0 | movzx eax, al // 8b44c104 | mov eax, dword ptr [ecx + eax*8 + 4] $sequence_10 = { 85c0 7404 84d2 7548 33c0 85c0 } // n = 6, score = 3900 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7404 | je 6 // 84d2 | test dl, dl // 7548 | jne 0x4a // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 85c0 | test eax, eax $sequence_11 = { 0f8417010000 85ff 0f84dd000000 53 837df800 0f84d1000000 803e00 } // n = 7, score = 3900 // 0f8417010000 | je 0x11d // 85ff | test edi, edi // 0f84dd000000 | je 0xe3 // 53 | push ebx // 837df800 | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 8], 0 // 0f84d1000000 | je 0xd7 // 803e00 | cmp byte ptr [esi], 0 $sequence_12 = { 85c0 7404 84d2 7575 33c0 85c0 740b } // n = 7, score = 3900 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7404 | je 6 // 84d2 | test dl, dl // 7575 | jne 0x77 // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 740b | je 0xd $sequence_13 = { 8a0f ffd0 8807 fe45ff } // n = 4, score = 3900 // 8a0f | mov cl, byte ptr [edi] // ffd0 | call eax // 8807 | mov byte ptr [edi], al // fe45ff | inc byte ptr [ebp - 1] $sequence_14 = { 763c 8a06 2a45ff 8a5602 } // n = 4, score = 3900 // 763c | jbe 0x3e // 8a06 | mov al, byte ptr [esi] // 2a45ff | sub al, byte ptr [ebp - 1] // 8a5602 | mov dl, byte ptr [esi + 2] $sequence_15 = { 8bec 51 51 57 8bf8 c745f801000000 85f6 } // n = 7, score = 3900 // 8bec | mov ebp, esp // 51 | push ecx // 51 | push ecx // 57 | push edi // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax // c745f801000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 8], 1 // 85f6 | test esi, esi condition: 7 of them and filesize < 1236992 }
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