According to IBM X-Force, this is a loader component for Sheriff.
rule win_deputy_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.deputy." 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.deputy" 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 = { 81ec38060000 a1???????? 33c5 8945fc 6808020000 8d85ecfbffff } // n = 6, score = 100 // 81ec38060000 | sub esp, 0x638 // a1???????? | // 33c5 | xor eax, ebp // 8945fc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 4], eax // 6808020000 | push 0x208 // 8d85ecfbffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x414] $sequence_1 = { 8d7202 0f1f840000000000 668b02 83c202 6685c0 75f5 8d0409 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d7202 | lea esi, [edx + 2] // 0f1f840000000000 | nop dword ptr [eax + eax] // 668b02 | mov ax, word ptr [edx] // 83c202 | add edx, 2 // 6685c0 | test ax, ax // 75f5 | jne 0xfffffff7 // 8d0409 | lea eax, [ecx + ecx] $sequence_2 = { 8d5102 668b01 83c102 6685c0 75f5 0f1005???????? 66a1???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d5102 | lea edx, [ecx + 2] // 668b01 | mov ax, word ptr [ecx] // 83c102 | add ecx, 2 // 6685c0 | test ax, ax // 75f5 | jne 0xfffffff7 // 0f1005???????? | // 66a1???????? | $sequence_3 = { 2bd1 8bcf d1fa 8d7102 668b01 83c102 6685c0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 2bd1 | sub edx, ecx // 8bcf | mov ecx, edi // d1fa | sar edx, 1 // 8d7102 | lea esi, [ecx + 2] // 668b01 | mov ax, word ptr [ecx] // 83c102 | add ecx, 2 // 6685c0 | test ax, ax $sequence_4 = { 7509 57 ff15???????? eb6c 56 57 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 7509 | jne 0xb // 57 | push edi // ff15???????? | // eb6c | jmp 0x6e // 56 | push esi // 57 | push edi $sequence_5 = { 6a00 57 8985ccf9ffff e8???????? 8d95ecfbffff 83c410 8d4a02 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 6a00 | push 0 // 57 | push edi // 8985ccf9ffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x634], eax // e8???????? | // 8d95ecfbffff | lea edx, [ebp - 0x414] // 83c410 | add esp, 0x10 // 8d4a02 | lea ecx, [edx + 2] $sequence_6 = { 83c202 6685c0 75f5 2bd1 8bcf d1fa 8d7102 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 83c202 | add edx, 2 // 6685c0 | test ax, ax // 75f5 | jne 0xfffffff7 // 2bd1 | sub edx, ecx // 8bcf | mov ecx, edi // d1fa | sar edx, 1 // 8d7102 | lea esi, [ecx + 2] $sequence_7 = { 85c0 0f85d5030000 8b85d0f9ffff 8d95d4f9ffff 52 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f85d5030000 | jne 0x3db // 8b85d0f9ffff | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x630] // 8d95d4f9ffff | lea edx, [ebp - 0x62c] // 52 | push edx $sequence_8 = { 52 68???????? 68???????? 8b08 50 ff510c } // n = 6, score = 100 // 52 | push edx // 68???????? | // 68???????? | // 8b08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax] // 50 | push eax // ff510c | call dword ptr [ecx + 0xc] $sequence_9 = { 85c0 0f843f070000 c3 6a00 e8???????? 59 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f843f070000 | je 0x745 // c3 | ret // 6a00 | push 0 // e8???????? | // 59 | pop ecx condition: 7 of them and filesize < 51200 }
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