Destructive "joke" malware that ultimately deploys a wiper for the MBR.
rule win_covid22_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2023-12-06" version = "1" description = "Detects win.covid22." 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.covid22" malpedia_rule_date = "20231130" malpedia_hash = "fc8a0e9f343f6d6ded9e7df1a64dac0cc68d7351" malpedia_version = "20230808" 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 = { 8b35???????? 7507 6af6 ffd6 894514 395d18 7507 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b35???????? | // 7507 | jne 9 // 6af6 | push -0xa // ffd6 | call esi // 894514 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0x14], eax // 395d18 | cmp dword ptr [ebp + 0x18], ebx // 7507 | jne 9 $sequence_1 = { 50 8b4508 ff30 ff15???????? 8b45fc c9 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // 8b4508 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // ff30 | push dword ptr [eax] // ff15???????? | // 8b45fc | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // c9 | leave $sequence_2 = { 5a e8???????? ff35???????? 6801000000 e8???????? 21c0 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 5a | pop edx // e8???????? | // ff35???????? | // 6801000000 | push 1 // e8???????? | // 21c0 | and eax, eax $sequence_3 = { e8???????? ba???????? 8d0d30b24000 e8???????? ba???????? 8d0d34b24000 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // ba???????? | // 8d0d30b24000 | lea ecx, [0x40b230] // e8???????? | // ba???????? | // 8d0d34b24000 | lea ecx, [0x40b234] // e8???????? | $sequence_4 = { 0fb6540c02 83e20f 0fb692e0904000 885005 0fb6540c03 c1ea04 0fb692e0904000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 0fb6540c02 | movzx edx, byte ptr [esp + ecx + 2] // 83e20f | and edx, 0xf // 0fb692e0904000 | movzx edx, byte ptr [edx + 0x4090e0] // 885005 | mov byte ptr [eax + 5], dl // 0fb6540c03 | movzx edx, byte ptr [esp + ecx + 3] // c1ea04 | shr edx, 4 // 0fb692e0904000 | movzx edx, byte ptr [edx + 0x4090e0] $sequence_5 = { ff35???????? e8???????? 21c0 0f846f020000 a1???????? } // n = 5, score = 100 // ff35???????? | // e8???????? | // 21c0 | and eax, eax // 0f846f020000 | je 0x275 // a1???????? | $sequence_6 = { 50 a1???????? 50 50 e8???????? ff05???????? ff35???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // a1???????? | // 50 | push eax // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // ff05???????? | // ff35???????? | $sequence_7 = { b801000000 eb02 31c0 21c0 0f8409020000 a1???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // b801000000 | mov eax, 1 // eb02 | jmp 4 // 31c0 | xor eax, eax // 21c0 | and eax, eax // 0f8409020000 | je 0x20f // a1???????? | $sequence_8 = { e8???????? c21000 8b442404 85c0 7413 ff742408 ff30 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // c21000 | ret 0x10 // 8b442404 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 4] // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7413 | je 0x15 // ff742408 | push dword ptr [esp + 8] // ff30 | push dword ptr [eax] $sequence_9 = { 83c404 6801000000 e9???????? 8b15???????? 31c9 e8???????? 750b } // n = 7, score = 100 // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 6801000000 | push 1 // e9???????? | // 8b15???????? | // 31c9 | xor ecx, ecx // e8???????? | // 750b | jne 0xd condition: 7 of them and filesize < 1955840 }
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