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win.matryoshka_rat (Back to overview)

Matryoshka RAT

Actor(s): Rocket Kitten


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References
2017-07-25ClearSkyClearSky Research Team
@online{team:20170725:operation:a39915e, author = {ClearSky Research Team}, title = {{Operation Wilted Tulip – Exposing a Cyber Espionage Apparatus}}, date = {2017-07-25}, organization = {ClearSky}, url = {http://www.clearskysec.com/tulip/}, language = {English}, urldate = {2020-01-08} } Operation Wilted Tulip – Exposing a Cyber Espionage Apparatus
Matryoshka RAT TDTESS CopyKittens
2017-07ClearSkyClearSky, Trend Micro
@techreport{clearsky:201707:operationwilted:7e57e58, author = {ClearSky and Trend Micro}, title = {{OperationWilted Tulip}}, date = {2017-07}, institution = {ClearSky}, url = {https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Operation_Wilted_Tulip.pdf}, language = {English}, urldate = {2020-01-06} } OperationWilted Tulip
Matryoshka RAT CopyKittens
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_matryoshka_rat_auto (20230407 | Detects win.matryoshka_rat.)
rule win_matryoshka_rat_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2023-03-28"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.matryoshka_rat."
        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.matryoshka_rat"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20230328"
        malpedia_hash = "9d2d75cef573c1c2d861f5197df8f563b05a305d"
        malpedia_version = "20230407"
        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 = { c3 b06f c3 b063 c3 }
            // n = 5, score = 400
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   b06f                 | mov                 al, 0x6f
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   b063                 | mov                 al, 0x63
            //   c3                   | ret                 

        $sequence_1 = { b037 c3 b073 c3 }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   b037                 | mov                 al, 0x37
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   b073                 | mov                 al, 0x73
            //   c3                   | ret                 

        $sequence_2 = { 8b4620 ff7628 8d0488 50 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   8b4620               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x20]
            //   ff7628               | push                dword ptr [esi + 0x28]
            //   8d0488               | lea                 eax, [eax + ecx*4]
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_3 = { 7435 488d0d8ee40400 e8???????? 488b4e08 4c8d4c2430 }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   7435                 | je                  0x37
            //   488d0d8ee40400       | dec                 eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   488b4e08             | lea                 ecx, [0x4e48e]
            //   4c8d4c2430           | dec                 eax

        $sequence_4 = { 8b4620 83c404 40 894610 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   8b4620               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x20]
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4
            //   40                   | inc                 eax
            //   894610               | mov                 dword ptr [esi + 0x10], eax

        $sequence_5 = { 7436 0fb74746 ffc6 4883c328 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   7436                 | je                  0x32
            //   0fb74746             | sub                 ecx, 1
            //   ffc6                 | je                  0x2f
            //   4883c328             | sub                 ecx, 1

        $sequence_6 = { 7435 b958020000 e8???????? 48894708 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   7435                 | je                  0x2f
            //   b958020000           | je                  0x37
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   48894708             | sub                 ecx, 1

        $sequence_7 = { 8b4620 891488 41 3b4e64 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   8b4620               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x20]
            //   891488               | mov                 dword ptr [eax + ecx*4], edx
            //   41                   | inc                 ecx
            //   3b4e64               | cmp                 ecx, dword ptr [esi + 0x64]

        $sequence_8 = { 8b4620 8d1490 e8???????? 83c404 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   8b4620               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x20]
            //   8d1490               | lea                 edx, [eax + edx*4]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4

        $sequence_9 = { 8b4624 57 8b7e18 2b7e20 57 }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   8b4624               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x24]
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   8b7e18               | mov                 edi, dword ptr [esi + 0x18]
            //   2b7e20               | sub                 edi, dword ptr [esi + 0x20]
            //   57                   | push                edi

        $sequence_10 = { 7435 4c8b4128 4d85c0 742c }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   7435                 | and                 dword ptr [esp + 0x20], 0
            //   4c8b4128             | je                  0x37
            //   4d85c0               | dec                 eax
            //   742c                 | lea                 ecx, [0x4e48e]

        $sequence_11 = { 8b4620 894718 8b4660 89471c }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   8b4620               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x20]
            //   894718               | mov                 dword ptr [edi + 0x18], eax
            //   8b4660               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x60]
            //   89471c               | mov                 dword ptr [edi + 0x1c], eax

        $sequence_12 = { 7435 83e901 742d 83e901 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   7435                 | test                eax, eax
            //   83e901               | je                  0x35
            //   742d                 | mov                 dword ptr [ecx + 0x1c], eax
            //   83e901               | je                  0x37

        $sequence_13 = { 7436 33c0 48897c2468 48894608 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   7436                 | mov                 ecx, 0x258
            //   33c0                 | dec                 eax
            //   48897c2468           | mov                 dword ptr [edi + 8], eax
            //   48894608             | dec                 eax

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 843776
}
[TLP:WHITE] win_matryoshka_rat_w0   (20170914 | Detects Matryoshka RAT used in Operation Wilted Tulip)
rule win_matryoshka_rat_w0 {
    meta:
        author = "Florian Roth"
        description = "Detects Matryoshka RAT used in Operation Wilted Tulip"
        reference = "http://www.clearskysec.com/tulip"
        date = "2017-07-23"
        hash = "6f208473df0d31987a4999eeea04d24b069fdb6a8245150aa91dfdc063cd64ab"
        hash = "6cc1f4ecd28b833c978c8e21a20a002459b4a6c21a4fbaad637111aa9d5b1a32"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.matryoshka_rat"
        malpedia_version = "20170914"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"
    strings:
        $s1 = "%S:\\Users\\public" fullword wide
        $s2 = "ntuser.dat.swp" fullword wide
        $s3 = "Job Save / Load Config" fullword wide
        $s4 = ".?AVPSCL_CLASS_JOB_SAVE_CONFIG@@" fullword ascii
        $s5 = "winupdate64.com" fullword ascii
        $s6 = "Job Save KeyLogger" fullword wide
    condition:
    filesize < 1000KB and 5 of them
}
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