Modular x86/x64 file infector created/used by Maze ransomware developer. According to the author, it has been mistakenly tagged by AVs as Expiro.
rule win_m0yv_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.m0yv." 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.m0yv" 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 = { 8b7210 8b7a14 8b5a18 8b6a1c 448b7220 8b5224 412b00 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b7210 | dec eax // 8b7a14 | mov ecx, esi // 8b5a18 | dec esp // 8b6a1c | mov edx, edi // 448b7220 | dec esp // 8b5224 | mov ecx, edi // 412b00 | dec eax $sequence_1 = { 4883ec20 8bd9 4c8d0da5890100 b906000000 4c8d0591890100 488d150ae20000 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 4883ec20 | inc ecx // 8bd9 | or al, al // 4c8d0da5890100 | mov al, byte ptr [edx + 0xe] // b906000000 | xor al, byte ptr [ecx + 0xe] // 4c8d0591890100 | inc esp // 488d150ae20000 | or al, al $sequence_2 = { b802000000 4d85f6 0f84a2000000 4885f6 0f8499000000 85c9 0f8491000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // b802000000 | dec esp // 4d85f6 | mov eax, eax // 0f84a2000000 | dec eax // 4885f6 | mov ebx, edi // 0f8499000000 | dec eax // 85c9 | imul eax, edi // 0f8491000000 | dec esp $sequence_3 = { 4881e5000000fc 4929ed 4a8d1c78 48c1fa1a 4a8d0478 480500000001 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 4881e5000000fc | sub ecx, edi // 4929ed | dec eax // 4a8d1c78 | mov edi, dword ptr [esp + 0xa0] // 48c1fa1a | mov dword ptr [edi], ecx // 4a8d0478 | mov dword ptr [edi + 4], edx // 480500000001 | inc esp $sequence_4 = { 8a420e 32410e 4408c0 448a420f 4432410f 4108c0 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8a420e | lea edi, [esp + 0x5e0] // 32410e | dec ebp // 4408c0 | mov eax, edi // 448a420f | dec eax // 4432410f | mov ecx, esi // 4108c0 | dec esp $sequence_5 = { 4c01f3 4889d9 e8???????? 4889f9 89c2 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 4c01f3 | sub esi, eax // 4889d9 | dec edx // e8???????? | // 4889f9 | lea eax, [edx] // 89c2 | dec eax $sequence_6 = { 498d4e08 48894c2428 498d4ef8 48894c2430 4c8d2d99020000 eb2f 4183c401 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 498d4e08 | dec eax // 48894c2428 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x118] // 498d4ef8 | dec eax // 48894c2430 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x148] // 4c8d2d99020000 | dec eax // eb2f | lea ebp, [ecx + eax] // 4183c401 | dec eax $sequence_7 = { 4889fa 4889c7 4c89c0 490faff8 4889bc2480000000 4d01c0 480fafc0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4889fa | add ebx, eax // 4889c7 | dec eax // 4c89c0 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x88] // 490faff8 | dec ecx // 4889bc2480000000 | imul ecx, eax // 4d01c0 | dec esp // 480fafc0 | mov eax, edi $sequence_8 = { c744242000000000 31ed ba05000000 41b801000000 4531c9 ff5018 488b37 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c744242000000000 | dec ecx // 31ed | mov esi, ecx // ba05000000 | dec eax // 41b801000000 | lea esi, [esp + 0xb0] // 4531c9 | dec eax // ff5018 | mov ecx, esi // 488b37 | push ebx $sequence_9 = { 488d4b0a e8???????? c1e804 25ffff1f00 4889842488010000 488d4b0d e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488d4b0a | mov eax, ecx // e8???????? | // c1e804 | dec eax // 25ffff1f00 | add ecx, esi // 4889842488010000 | dec eax // 488d4b0d | rol eax, 0x19 // e8???????? | condition: 7 of them and filesize < 779264 }
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