Mandiant associates this with UNC4191, this malware decrypts and runs DARKDEW.
rule win_mistcloak_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2024-10-31" version = "1" description = "Detects win.mistcloak." 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.mistcloak" malpedia_rule_date = "20241030" malpedia_hash = "26e26953c49c8efafbf72a38076855d578e0a2e4" malpedia_version = "20241030" 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 = { 8b049590500110 f644082801 740b 56 e8???????? 59 8bf0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b049590500110 | mov eax, dword ptr [edx*4 + 0x10015090] // f644082801 | test byte ptr [eax + ecx + 0x28], 1 // 740b | je 0xd // 56 | push esi // e8???????? | // 59 | pop ecx // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax $sequence_1 = { 660f282d???????? 660f59f5 660f28aa70100110 660f54e5 660f58fe 660f58fc } // n = 6, score = 100 // 660f282d???????? | // 660f59f5 | mulpd xmm6, xmm5 // 660f28aa70100110 | movapd xmm5, xmmword ptr [edx + 0x10011070] // 660f54e5 | andpd xmm4, xmm5 // 660f58fe | addpd xmm7, xmm6 // 660f58fc | addpd xmm7, xmm4 $sequence_2 = { 8b0c8590500110 8b45f8 807c012800 7d46 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 8b0c8590500110 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax*4 + 0x10015090] // 8b45f8 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 8] // 807c012800 | cmp byte ptr [ecx + eax + 0x28], 0 // 7d46 | jge 0x48 $sequence_3 = { 0f85b1000000 8b4508 dd00 ebc2 c745e418120110 eb19 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 0f85b1000000 | jne 0xb7 // 8b4508 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // dd00 | fld qword ptr [eax] // ebc2 | jmp 0xffffffc4 // c745e418120110 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], 0x10011218 // eb19 | jmp 0x1b $sequence_4 = { 6bc618 57 8db8104e0110 57 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 6bc618 | imul eax, esi, 0x18 // 57 | push edi // 8db8104e0110 | lea edi, [eax + 0x10014e10] // 57 | push edi $sequence_5 = { 7429 83e805 7415 83e801 0f8595010000 c745e408120110 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 7429 | je 0x2b // 83e805 | sub eax, 5 // 7415 | je 0x17 // 83e801 | sub eax, 1 // 0f8595010000 | jne 0x19b // c745e408120110 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], 0x10011208 $sequence_6 = { c745e408120110 e9???????? c745e404120110 e9???????? 894de0 c745e404120110 e9???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // c745e408120110 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], 0x10011208 // e9???????? | // c745e404120110 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], 0x10011204 // e9???????? | // 894de0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], ecx // c745e404120110 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], 0x10011204 // e9???????? | $sequence_7 = { 85f6 7420 6bc618 57 8db8104e0110 57 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 7420 | je 0x22 // 6bc618 | imul eax, esi, 0x18 // 57 | push edi // 8db8104e0110 | lea edi, [eax + 0x10014e10] // 57 | push edi $sequence_8 = { 8bc1 3914c5781a0110 7408 40 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 8bc1 | mov eax, ecx // 3914c5781a0110 | cmp dword ptr [eax*8 + 0x10011a78], edx // 7408 | je 0xa // 40 | inc eax $sequence_9 = { 8b45b4 8b0c8590500110 8a043b 03ce 8b75dc 03cb 43 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b45b4 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x4c] // 8b0c8590500110 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax*4 + 0x10015090] // 8a043b | mov al, byte ptr [ebx + edi] // 03ce | add ecx, esi // 8b75dc | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp - 0x24] // 03cb | add ecx, ebx // 43 | inc ebx condition: 7 of them and filesize < 196608 }
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