Actor(s): APT41
According to FireEye, GEARSHIFT is a memory-only dropper for two keylogger DLLs. It is designed to replace a legitimate Fax Service DLL.
rule win_gearshift_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.gearshift." 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.gearshift" 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 = { 4c8d4c2444 448d423f 488bcb 488bf8 44896c2444 ff15???????? } // n = 6, score = 200 // 4c8d4c2444 | cmp ecx, esp // 448d423f | dec eax // 488bcb | mov ecx, dword ptr [esi + 0xb8] // 488bf8 | dec esp // 44896c2444 | lea esp, [0xb49f] // ff15???????? | $sequence_1 = { 75c0 4983c514 ba14000000 498bcd } // n = 4, score = 200 // 75c0 | push ecx // 4983c514 | push ebx // ba14000000 | movzx eax, word ptr [ebx + 0x14] // 498bcd | push ecx $sequence_2 = { ff15???????? 448b85c0010000 41b900800000 498bd7 } // n = 4, score = 200 // ff15???????? | // 448b85c0010000 | add eax, edi // 41b900800000 | mov edx, dword ptr [ebx - 0x14] // 498bd7 | inc ecx $sequence_3 = { 0f84a3000000 8b8db0010000 e8???????? 4d8bc5 498bd4 488bcb } // n = 6, score = 200 // 0f84a3000000 | xor ecx, esp // 8b8db0010000 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 4d8bc5 | add esp, 0xd8 // 498bd4 | mov eax, 0x10001880 // 488bcb | cmp dword ptr [eax], 0x9090c3cc $sequence_4 = { 83c8ff e9???????? 4c8bfb 4c8be3 488d05363c0300 49c1fc05 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 83c8ff | lea edx, [0x78e3] // e9???????? | // 4c8bfb | dec eax // 4c8be3 | mov dword ptr [ecx + eax], edx // 488d05363c0300 | dec eax // 49c1fc05 | add edx, 0x30 $sequence_5 = { ba10000000 498bc8 498bd8 ff15???????? } // n = 4, score = 200 // ba10000000 | jg 0xf96 // 498bc8 | movsx eax, byte ptr [esp + 8] // 498bd8 | add eax, 0x20 // ff15???????? | $sequence_6 = { 4881c4c0000000 5f c3 83f804 771d c705????????08000000 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 4881c4c0000000 | dec eax // 5f | mov ecx, eax // c3 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x20], 0x130 // 83f804 | xor eax, eax // 771d | mov edx, 0xec0e4e8e // c705????????08000000 | $sequence_7 = { 488bd8 ff15???????? 488d153bbd0000 488bcb 488905???????? ff15???????? 488d1504be0000 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 488bd8 | mov ecx, 0x40 // ff15???????? | // 488d153bbd0000 | dec eax // 488bcb | sub ecx, eax // 488905???????? | // ff15???????? | // 488d1504be0000 | dec eax $sequence_8 = { 4885c0 7419 488d15b36e0000 488bc8 ff15???????? 4885c0 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 4885c0 | lea ecx, [0xffffbd38] // 7419 | inc ecx // 488d15b36e0000 | cmp eax, edi // 488bc8 | je 0x8d5 // ff15???????? | // 4885c0 | cmp eax, -2 $sequence_9 = { 8bf9 85c0 0f8565010000 488d4c2424 33d2 41b898000000 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 8bf9 | mov edi, eax // 85c0 | add edi, 0x1c // 0f8565010000 | push edi // 488d4c2424 | add esp, 8 // 33d2 | mov eax, 1 // 41b898000000 | pop esi condition: 7 of them and filesize < 540672 }
rule win_gearshift_w0 { meta: author = "Bundesamt fuer Verfassungsschutz" source = "https://www.verfassungsschutz.de/download/anlage-2019-12-bfv-cyber-brief-2019-01.txt" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.gearshift" malpedia_version = "20191207" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" malpedia_license = "" strings: $b1 = { 4C 8D 41 24 33 D2 B9 03 00 1F 00 FF 9? F8 00 00 00 48 85 C0 74 } $b2 = { 4C 8B 4? 08 BA 01 00 00 00 49 8B C? FF D0 85 C0 [2-6] C7 4? 1C 01 00 00 00 B8 01 00 00 00 } $b3 = { 8B 4B E4 8B 53 EC 41 B8 00 40 00 00 4? 0B C? FF 9? B8 00 00 00 EB } condition: (2 of ($b*)) }
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