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rule win_cmstar_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.cmstar." 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.cmstar" malpedia_rule_date = "20260105" malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79" malpedia_version = "20251219" 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 = { 53 56 bb04010000 57 53 } // n = 5, score = 800 // 53 | push ebx // 56 | push esi // bb04010000 | mov ebx, 0x104 // 57 | push edi // 53 | push ebx $sequence_1 = { 8b45e8 ff75e0 ff30 e8???????? 8b4df8 } // n = 5, score = 800 // 8b45e8 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x18] // ff75e0 | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x20] // ff30 | push dword ptr [eax] // e8???????? | // 8b4df8 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 8] $sequence_2 = { 8b4dec c1e802 6a04 52 8d0481 50 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 800 // 8b4dec | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x14] // c1e802 | shr eax, 2 // 6a04 | push 4 // 52 | push edx // 8d0481 | lea eax, [ecx + eax*4] // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | $sequence_3 = { ff15???????? 8bc6 e9???????? 6a10 } // n = 4, score = 800 // ff15???????? | // 8bc6 | mov eax, esi // e9???????? | // 6a10 | push 0x10 $sequence_4 = { ff15???????? 6a04 e8???????? be00040000 } // n = 4, score = 800 // ff15???????? | // 6a04 | push 4 // e8???????? | // be00040000 | mov esi, 0x400 $sequence_5 = { 8b45d8 836dfc10 ff75fc 8945e0 8b45dc 83c310 8945e4 } // n = 7, score = 800 // 8b45d8 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x28] // 836dfc10 | sub dword ptr [ebp - 4], 0x10 // ff75fc | push dword ptr [ebp - 4] // 8945e0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], eax // 8b45dc | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x24] // 83c310 | add ebx, 0x10 // 8945e4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], eax $sequence_6 = { ff15???????? 6a03 58 5f 5e 5b c9 } // n = 7, score = 800 // ff15???????? | // 6a03 | push 3 // 58 | pop eax // 5f | pop edi // 5e | pop esi // 5b | pop ebx // c9 | leave $sequence_7 = { 85c0 7504 6a03 eb0d 803b4d } // n = 5, score = 800 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7504 | jne 6 // 6a03 | push 3 // eb0d | jmp 0xf // 803b4d | cmp byte ptr [ebx], 0x4d $sequence_8 = { 888204420010 83c9ff 33c0 42 f2ae f7d1 49 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 888204420010 | mov byte ptr [edx + 0x10004204], al // 83c9ff | or ecx, 0xffffffff // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 42 | inc edx // f2ae | repne scasb al, byte ptr es:[edi] // f7d1 | not ecx // 49 | dec ecx $sequence_9 = { 8bf0 85f6 74b2 817c240cc8000000 741c a1???????? 33f6 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 74b2 | je 0xffffffb4 // 817c240cc8000000 | cmp dword ptr [esp + 0xc], 0xc8 // 741c | je 0x1e // a1???????? | // 33f6 | xor esi, esi $sequence_10 = { 81ec08060000 53 55 56 57 33db b9ff000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 81ec08060000 | sub esp, 0x608 // 53 | push ebx // 55 | push ebp // 56 | push esi // 57 | push edi // 33db | xor ebx, ebx // b9ff000000 | mov ecx, 0xff $sequence_11 = { a1???????? 8b10 52 53 } // n = 4, score = 100 // a1???????? | // 8b10 | mov edx, dword ptr [eax] // 52 | push edx // 53 | push ebx $sequence_12 = { 49 8d7c2418 8bc1 83c9ff 89442410 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 49 | dec ecx // 8d7c2418 | lea edi, [esp + 0x18] // 8bc1 | mov eax, ecx // 83c9ff | or ecx, 0xffffffff // 89442410 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x10], eax $sequence_13 = { a1???????? 85c0 7505 a1???????? 6a00 6a00 6a03 } // n = 7, score = 100 // a1???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7505 | jne 7 // a1???????? | // 6a00 | push 0 // 6a00 | push 0 // 6a03 | push 3 $sequence_14 = { be01000000 8b4c2420 51 ff15???????? 3beb 7409 55 } // n = 7, score = 100 // be01000000 | mov esi, 1 // 8b4c2420 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x20] // 51 | push ecx // ff15???????? | // 3beb | cmp ebp, ebx // 7409 | je 0xb // 55 | push ebp $sequence_15 = { 64890d00000000 81c4c0120000 c3 8b8c24d0120000 33db 3bcb 741c } // n = 7, score = 100 // 64890d00000000 | mov dword ptr fs:[0], ecx // 81c4c0120000 | add esp, 0x12c0 // c3 | ret // 8b8c24d0120000 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x12d0] // 33db | xor ebx, ebx // 3bcb | cmp ecx, ebx // 741c | je 0x1e condition: 7 of them and filesize < 4268032 }
import "pe" rule win_cmstar_w0 { meta: description = "Detects CMStar Malware" author = "Florian Roth" reference = "https://goo.gl/pTffPA" date = "2017-10-03" hash = "16697c95db5add6c1c23b2591b9d8eec5ed96074d057b9411f0b57a54af298d5" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.cmstar" malpedia_version = "20170413" malpedia_license = "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" strings: $s1 = "UpdateService.tmp" fullword ascii $s2 = "StateNum:%d,FileSize:%d" fullword ascii condition: uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 100KB and (pe.imphash() == "22021985de78a48ea8fb82a2ff9eb693" or pe.exports("WinCred") or all of them) }
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