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rule win_cmstar_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" 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 = "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 = { 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_1 = { 8b4dec c1e802 6a04 52 8d0481 50 } // n = 6, 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 $sequence_2 = { 8b45d8 836dfc10 ff75fc 8945e0 8b45dc 83c310 } // n = 6, 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 $sequence_3 = { 7504 6a03 eb0d 803b4d } // n = 4, score = 800 // 7504 | jne 6 // 6a03 | push 3 // eb0d | jmp 0xf // 803b4d | cmp byte ptr [ebx], 0x4d $sequence_4 = { ff75e4 8b45e8 ff75e0 ff30 e8???????? 8b4df8 } // n = 6, score = 800 // ff75e4 | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c] // 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_5 = { 8bc6 e9???????? 6a10 8d45d0 } // n = 4, score = 800 // 8bc6 | mov eax, esi // e9???????? | // 6a10 | push 0x10 // 8d45d0 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x30] $sequence_6 = { ff15???????? 6a04 e8???????? be00040000 } // n = 4, score = 800 // ff15???????? | // 6a04 | push 4 // e8???????? | // be00040000 | mov esi, 0x400 $sequence_7 = { 56 bb04010000 57 53 } // n = 4, score = 800 // 56 | push esi // bb04010000 | mov ebx, 0x104 // 57 | push edi // 53 | push ebx $sequence_8 = { 6a00 6a01 8d4c242c 6800000080 51 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 6a00 | push 0 // 6a01 | push 1 // 8d4c242c | lea ecx, [esp + 0x2c] // 6800000080 | push 0x80000000 // 51 | push ecx $sequence_9 = { 895c2420 895c241c 895c2428 c74424303c000000 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 895c2420 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x20], ebx // 895c241c | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x1c], ebx // 895c2428 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x28], ebx // c74424303c000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x30], 0x3c $sequence_10 = { 68???????? 890d???????? 56 890d???????? c705????????01000000 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 68???????? | // 890d???????? | // 56 | push esi // 890d???????? | // c705????????01000000 | $sequence_11 = { 6a00 6a04 6a00 6a02 6800000040 50 ffd3 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 6a00 | push 0 // 6a04 | push 4 // 6a00 | push 0 // 6a02 | push 2 // 6800000040 | push 0x40000000 // 50 | push eax // ffd3 | call ebx $sequence_12 = { f3a5 8bc8 33c0 83e103 668b15???????? } // n = 5, score = 100 // f3a5 | rep movsd dword ptr es:[edi], dword ptr [esi] // 8bc8 | mov ecx, eax // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 83e103 | and ecx, 3 // 668b15???????? | $sequence_13 = { 99 f7fb 80c220 88140e 41 3bcb 7cea } // n = 7, score = 100 // 99 | cdq // f7fb | idiv ebx // 80c220 | add dl, 0x20 // 88140e | mov byte ptr [esi + ecx], dl // 41 | inc ecx // 3bcb | cmp ecx, ebx // 7cea | jl 0xffffffec $sequence_14 = { 7506 8b35???????? bf???????? 83c9ff 33c0 6a00 f2ae } // n = 7, score = 100 // 7506 | jne 8 // 8b35???????? | // bf???????? | // 83c9ff | or ecx, 0xffffffff // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 6a00 | push 0 // f2ae | repne scasb al, byte ptr es:[edi] $sequence_15 = { 895908 89590c a1???????? 8b10 52 53 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 895908 | mov dword ptr [ecx + 8], ebx // 89590c | mov dword ptr [ecx + 0xc], ebx // a1???????? | // 8b10 | mov edx, dword ptr [eax] // 52 | push edx // 53 | push ebx 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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