Actor(s): IcePeony
According to nao_sec, this malware is an IIS backdoor.
rule win_ice_cache_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.ice_cache." 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.ice_cache" 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 = { 4889842488000000 488d4c2428 e8???????? 48c744243800000000 48c74424400f000000 c644242800 41b868000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4889842488000000 | dec eax // 488d4c2428 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x80] // e8???????? | // 48c744243800000000 | nop // 48c74424400f000000 | dec esp // c644242800 | lea eax, [edi + 1] // 41b868000000 | dec eax $sequence_1 = { 488d4c2448 e8???????? 488d4c2448 e8???????? 90 488d4c2468 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488d4c2448 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 488d4c2448 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x17c8] // e8???????? | // 90 | nop // 488d4c2468 | nop // e8???????? | $sequence_2 = { e8???????? 4533f6 4c89742458 48c74424600f000000 4488742448 488d45a0 4983c8ff } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 4533f6 | mov byte ptr [ebp + 0x18], al // 4c89742458 | dec eax // 48c74424600f000000 | lea eax, [ebp + 0xa0] // 4488742448 | dec eax // 488d45a0 | inc ebx // 4983c8ff | cmp byte ptr [eax + ebx], 0 $sequence_3 = { e8???????? 488b8424c0000000 48898424f8010000 488b4c2450 483bc8 0f848d010000 4883c140 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 488b8424c0000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x39], eax // 48898424f8010000 | dec eax // 488b4c2450 | mov dword ptr [ecx + 0x10], eax // 483bc8 | dec eax // 0f848d010000 | mov dword ptr [ecx + 0x18], 0xf // 4883c140 | mov byte ptr [ecx], al $sequence_4 = { ff15???????? 483305???????? 488d150c3f0200 488bcb 488905???????? ff15???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 483305???????? | // 488d150c3f0200 | dec eax // 488bcb | lea edx, [0x4471f] // 488905???????? | // ff15???????? | $sequence_5 = { 84c0 0f840effffff 48634330 488d0c40 48634328 488d1488 488d050ef40100 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 84c0 | mov dword ptr [ebx + 0x10], edx // 0f840effffff | dec eax // 48634330 | mov dword ptr [ebx + 0x18], 7 // 488d0c40 | inc sp // 48634328 | mov dword ptr [ebx], edx // 488d1488 | inc esp // 488d050ef40100 | mov eax, ebx $sequence_6 = { 488bd3 4c8d050e0f0200 83e23f 488bcb 48c1f906 48c1e206 498b0cc8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488bd3 | dec eax // 4c8d050e0f0200 | cmp dword ptr [edi + 0x18], 0x10 // 83e23f | jb 0x1b7c // 488bcb | dec eax // 48c1f906 | mov edx, dword ptr [edi] // 48c1e206 | jmp 0x1b7f // 498b0cc8 | jbe 0x1bcf $sequence_7 = { 664183c030 66458901 4c8bc2 4885d2 75d0 488d442452 4c895b10 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 664183c030 | lea eax, [0x3222a] // 66458901 | xor al, al // 4c8bc2 | dec eax // 4885d2 | lea ecx, [0x3e584] // 75d0 | test eax, eax // 488d442452 | je 0x935 // 4c895b10 | jmp 0x8b7 $sequence_8 = { 488bd6 488d4d78 e8???????? 90 8b44246c ffc8 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 488bd6 | dec eax // 488d4d78 | mov esi, eax // e8???????? | // 90 | dec eax // 8b44246c | test eax, eax // ffc8 | je 0x4df $sequence_9 = { 488d05d0cb0300 488901 e8???????? 90 f6c301 740e } // n = 6, score = 100 // 488d05d0cb0300 | mov ecx, 1 // 488901 | nop // e8???????? | // 90 | dec eax // f6c301 | cmp dword ptr [esp + 0x1378], 0 // 740e | jne 0x1dcb condition: 7 of them and filesize < 801792 }
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