Actor(s): APT29
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rule win_cosmicduke_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" 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 = "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 = { 53 8d84245c0d0000 50 8bc7 8d4c2430 e8???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // 53 | push ebx // 8d84245c0d0000 | lea eax, [esp + 0xd5c] // 50 | push eax // 8bc7 | mov eax, edi // 8d4c2430 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x30] // e8???????? | $sequence_1 = { 391d???????? 750d e8???????? 3ac3 0f84cc000000 53 ff15???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 391d???????? | // 750d | jne 0xf // e8???????? | // 3ac3 | cmp al, bl // 0f84cc000000 | je 0xd2 // 53 | push ebx // ff15???????? | $sequence_2 = { 57 50 e8???????? 6a14 53 57 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 57 | push edi // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 6a14 | push 0x14 // 53 | push ebx // 57 | push edi // e8???????? | $sequence_3 = { 3bf8 7cda eb03 894df8 8b45f8 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 3bf8 | cmp edi, eax // 7cda | jl 0xffffffdc // eb03 | jmp 5 // 894df8 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 8], ecx // 8b45f8 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 8] $sequence_4 = { 2bc6 50 8b45e0 03c6 50 53 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 2bc6 | sub eax, esi // 50 | push eax // 8b45e0 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x20] // 03c6 | add eax, esi // 50 | push eax // 53 | push ebx $sequence_5 = { 6801000080 8d7c241c e8???????? 3ac3 0f84ac010000 8b442420 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 6801000080 | push 0x80000001 // 8d7c241c | lea edi, [esp + 0x1c] // e8???????? | // 3ac3 | cmp al, bl // 0f84ac010000 | je 0x1b2 // 8b442420 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x20] $sequence_6 = { ff15???????? 85c0 7504 b001 c9 c3 68???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7504 | jne 6 // b001 | mov al, 1 // c9 | leave // c3 | ret // 68???????? | $sequence_7 = { ff15???????? 8d85e4fdffff 50 ff15???????? 3d02010000 7326 68???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 8d85e4fdffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x21c] // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // 3d02010000 | cmp eax, 0x102 // 7326 | jae 0x28 // 68???????? | $sequence_8 = { ff15???????? ff7508 8b3d???????? 8d859cebffff 50 ffd7 68???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // ff7508 | push dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 8b3d???????? | // 8d859cebffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x1464] // 50 | push eax // ffd7 | call edi // 68???????? | $sequence_9 = { 32c0 eb28 8b74240c 56 e8???????? 59 56 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 32c0 | xor al, al // eb28 | jmp 0x2a // 8b74240c | mov esi, dword ptr [esp + 0xc] // 56 | push esi // e8???????? | // 59 | pop ecx // 56 | push esi 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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