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rule win_knot_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.knot." 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.knot" 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 = { 8b55f4 52 ff15???????? 85c0 7507 32c0 e9???????? } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8b55f4 | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc] // 52 | push edx // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7507 | jne 9 // 32c0 | xor al, al // e9???????? | $sequence_1 = { 68???????? 8d8de0fdffff 51 ff15???????? 83c40c 6a00 6880000000 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 68???????? | // 8d8de0fdffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x220] // 51 | push ecx // ff15???????? | // 83c40c | add esp, 0xc // 6a00 | push 0 // 6880000000 | push 0x80 $sequence_2 = { e8???????? 83c404 6808020000 8d95f0fdffff } // n = 4, score = 200 // e8???????? | // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 6808020000 | push 0x208 // 8d95f0fdffff | lea edx, [ebp - 0x210] $sequence_3 = { 753c 8b95e0feffff 52 6a00 6a01 ff15???????? 8985ccfeffff } // n = 7, score = 200 // 753c | jne 0x3e // 8b95e0feffff | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x120] // 52 | push edx // 6a00 | push 0 // 6a01 | push 1 // ff15???????? | // 8985ccfeffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x134], eax $sequence_4 = { eb3d 8d95e0fdffff 52 68???????? 8d85f0fdffff 50 ff15???????? } // n = 7, score = 200 // eb3d | jmp 0x3f // 8d95e0fdffff | lea edx, [ebp - 0x220] // 52 | push edx // 68???????? | // 8d85f0fdffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x210] // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | $sequence_5 = { 32c0 e9???????? 8b95d8fdffff 52 6a00 } // n = 5, score = 200 // 32c0 | xor al, al // e9???????? | // 8b95d8fdffff | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x228] // 52 | push edx // 6a00 | push 0 $sequence_6 = { 6a00 68???????? 8b85e8feffff 50 } // n = 4, score = 200 // 6a00 | push 0 // 68???????? | // 8b85e8feffff | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x118] // 50 | push eax $sequence_7 = { 8b4dfc 8b148d20514000 52 e8???????? 83c404 ebdc 6888130000 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8b4dfc | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // 8b148d20514000 | mov edx, dword ptr [ecx*4 + 0x405120] // 52 | push edx // e8???????? | // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // ebdc | jmp 0xffffffde // 6888130000 | push 0x1388 $sequence_8 = { 52 a1???????? 50 ff15???????? 8b4df0 51 ff15???????? } // n = 7, score = 200 // 52 | push edx // a1???????? | // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // 8b4df0 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x10] // 51 | push ecx // ff15???????? | $sequence_9 = { 8d9580f7ffff 52 ff15???????? 8d8580f7ffff 50 ff15???????? 898598fbffff } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8d9580f7ffff | lea edx, [ebp - 0x880] // 52 | push edx // ff15???????? | // 8d8580f7ffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x880] // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // 898598fbffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x468], eax condition: 7 of them and filesize < 59392 }
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