Actor(s): APT29
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rule win_cosmicduke_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" 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 = "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 = { 50 68905b0100 8d8554a4feff 50 ff75f4 ff15???????? 8bd8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // 68905b0100 | push 0x15b90 // 8d8554a4feff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x15bac] // 50 | push eax // ff75f4 | push dword ptr [ebp - 0xc] // ff15???????? | // 8bd8 | mov ebx, eax $sequence_1 = { ff5108 ebaa 837c242028 8b442414 8b08 7d33 } // n = 6, score = 100 // ff5108 | call dword ptr [ecx + 8] // ebaa | jmp 0xffffffac // 837c242028 | cmp dword ptr [esp + 0x20], 0x28 // 8b442414 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x14] // 8b08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax] // 7d33 | jge 0x35 $sequence_2 = { 7f4b 3bf3 7508 c744241001000000 017c2410 391d???????? 7509 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 7f4b | jg 0x4d // 3bf3 | cmp esi, ebx // 7508 | jne 0xa // c744241001000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x10], 1 // 017c2410 | add dword ptr [esp + 0x10], edi // 391d???????? | // 7509 | jne 0xb $sequence_3 = { 8365f400 53 56 57 8bf0 8d45f8 50 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8365f400 | and dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], 0 // 53 | push ebx // 56 | push esi // 57 | push edi // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 8d45f8 | lea eax, [ebp - 8] // 50 | push eax $sequence_4 = { e8???????? 68???????? e8???????? 59 834dfcff 8b4df4 b8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 68???????? | // e8???????? | // 59 | pop ecx // 834dfcff | or dword ptr [ebp - 4], 0xffffffff // 8b4df4 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc] // b8???????? | $sequence_5 = { 57 e8???????? 83c40c 84c0 0f84f3020000 8b742428 d1ee } // n = 7, score = 100 // 57 | push edi // e8???????? | // 83c40c | add esp, 0xc // 84c0 | test al, al // 0f84f3020000 | je 0x2f9 // 8b742428 | mov esi, dword ptr [esp + 0x28] // d1ee | shr esi, 1 $sequence_6 = { 8b0437 ebf2 85ff 743a 837c240400 7433 8b8680080000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b0437 | mov eax, dword ptr [edi + esi] // ebf2 | jmp 0xfffffff4 // 85ff | test edi, edi // 743a | je 0x3c // 837c240400 | cmp dword ptr [esp + 4], 0 // 7433 | je 0x35 // 8b8680080000 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x880] $sequence_7 = { e9???????? 8d8568efffff 50 e8???????? c3 8db558efffff } // n = 6, score = 100 // e9???????? | // 8d8568efffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x1098] // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // c3 | ret // 8db558efffff | lea esi, [ebp - 0x10a8] $sequence_8 = { 53 53 6a1c 53 ffd6 85c0 750b } // n = 7, score = 100 // 53 | push ebx // 53 | push ebx // 6a1c | push 0x1c // 53 | push ebx // ffd6 | call esi // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 750b | jne 0xd $sequence_9 = { eb8a 8b45e4 8b08 8d55e0 52 68???????? 50 } // n = 7, score = 100 // eb8a | jmp 0xffffff8c // 8b45e4 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c] // 8b08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax] // 8d55e0 | lea edx, [ebp - 0x20] // 52 | push edx // 68???????? | // 50 | push eax 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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