Actor(s): APT29
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rule win_cosmicduke_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.cosmicduke." 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.cosmicduke" 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 = { 895df4 53 33f6 885dfb ff15???????? 85c0 0f8591000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 895df4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], ebx // 53 | push ebx // 33f6 | xor esi, esi // 885dfb | mov byte ptr [ebp - 5], bl // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f8591000000 | jne 0x97 $sequence_1 = { eb0e 68???????? 8d85c0f9ffff 50 ffd3 68???????? 8d85d0fdffff } // n = 7, score = 100 // eb0e | jmp 0x10 // 68???????? | // 8d85c0f9ffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x640] // 50 | push eax // ffd3 | call ebx // 68???????? | // 8d85d0fdffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x230] $sequence_2 = { 68???????? 8d85f4fdffff 50 ff15???????? 8d85ecfbffff 50 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 68???????? | // 8d85f4fdffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x20c] // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // 8d85ecfbffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x414] // 50 | push eax $sequence_3 = { 7443 68???????? 8d842448020000 50 ffd6 85c0 7438 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 7443 | je 0x45 // 68???????? | // 8d842448020000 | lea eax, [esp + 0x248] // 50 | push eax // ffd6 | call esi // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7438 | je 0x3a $sequence_4 = { 68???????? 6a01 6a01 68???????? e8???????? ba01000080 8bc8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 68???????? | // 6a01 | push 1 // 6a01 | push 1 // 68???????? | // e8???????? | // ba01000080 | mov edx, 0x80000001 // 8bc8 | mov ecx, eax $sequence_5 = { 668b044510984200 8b4dfc 6689044e 33c0 ff4d0c 75d2 8b4dfc } // n = 7, score = 100 // 668b044510984200 | mov ax, word ptr [eax*2 + 0x429810] // 8b4dfc | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // 6689044e | mov word ptr [esi + ecx*2], ax // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // ff4d0c | dec dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 75d2 | jne 0xffffffd4 // 8b4dfc | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 4] $sequence_6 = { e8???????? 8b442450 8944240c 8d44240c 50 8bfe 8d442450 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 8b442450 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x50] // 8944240c | mov dword ptr [esp + 0xc], eax // 8d44240c | lea eax, [esp + 0xc] // 50 | push eax // 8bfe | mov edi, esi // 8d442450 | lea eax, [esp + 0x50] $sequence_7 = { 68???????? 50 6801000080 e8???????? e8???????? 3d09030000 7515 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 68???????? | // 50 | push eax // 6801000080 | push 0x80000001 // e8???????? | // e8???????? | // 3d09030000 | cmp eax, 0x309 // 7515 | jne 0x17 $sequence_8 = { ff15???????? 83c410 6a00 ff742434 68???????? e8???????? c644245c00 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 83c410 | add esp, 0x10 // 6a00 | push 0 // ff742434 | push dword ptr [esp + 0x34] // 68???????? | // e8???????? | // c644245c00 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x5c], 0 $sequence_9 = { 8d442424 50 8b442424 68???????? 57 895c2448 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8d442424 | lea eax, [esp + 0x24] // 50 | push eax // 8b442424 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x24] // 68???????? | // 57 | push edi // 895c2448 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x48], ebx condition: 7 of them and filesize < 456704 }
rule win_cosmicduke_w0 { meta: description = "detect cosmicduke" author = "@malgamy12" date = "2022-11-6" license = "DRL 1.1" hash_sample1 = "93054d3abc36019ccfe88f87363363e6ca9b77f4" hash_sample2 = "0eadbd6ef9f5930257530ac5a3b8abb49c9755d1" hash_sample3 = "69c2d292179dc615bfe4d7f880b5f9928604558e" hash_sample4 = "616306489de4029da7271eadbdf090cee22ae1af" hash_sample5 = "ecb8edfddd812a125b515dc42a2e93569c1caed9" hash_sample6 = "a86f3faf1eedb7325023616adf37a62c9129c24e" hash_sample7 = "4d22b2d85b75ccf651f0ba85808482660a440bff" hash_sample8 = "3463df6b33b26c1249207f6e004c0bbc31b31152" hash_sample9 = "ca4c53eb86d5b920b321de573e212e31405707d5" hash_sample10 = "a48e4dd017618ae2d46a753345594a5f57fbe869" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.cosmicduke" malpedia_rule_date = "20230118" malpedia_hash = "" malpedia_version = "20230118" malpedia_license = "DRL 1.1" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" strings: $pdb = "5\\bin\\bot.pdb" ascii $s1 = "pipe\\40DC244D-F62E-093E-8A91-736FF2FA2AA2" wide $s2 = "LoginName" ascii $s3 = "select id, hostname, usernamefield, passwordfield, encryptedusern" wide $s4 = "*temporary;*Cookies;*games;*system32;*program files;*\\windows\\;*\\System Volume Information" wide $s5 = "msicheck.cmd" ascii $s6 = "AppData\\Roaming\\Miranda" wide $s7 = "Local Settings\\Application Data" wide /* imul ebx, esi imul esi, 0BC8Fh mov eax, edx and eax, 3 lea eax, [ebp+eax*4+var_3C] xor [eax], ebx inc edx dec [ebp+var_8] */ $chunk_1 = {0F AF DE 69 F6 ?? ?? ?? ?? 8B C2 83 E0 ?? 8D 44 85 ?? 31 18 42 FF 4D ??} condition: uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and filesize > 70KB and ($pdb or (4 of ($s*) and $chunk_1 )) }
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