Part of Mythic C2, written in Nim. Considered deprecated, as it is only compatible with Mythic 2.1.
rule win_nimplant_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.nimplant." 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.nimplant" malpedia_rule_date = "20260105" malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79" malpedia_version = "20251219" 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 = { 4c8d05a49c0400 e8???????? 4885db 740f 48b80000000000000040 488503 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 4c8d05a49c0400 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x118] // e8???????? | // 4885db | jne 0x164e // 740f | dec eax // 48b80000000000000040 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x160] // 488503 | dec esp $sequence_1 = { 4d85e4 0f8886000000 410fb6443c08 89c2 83e2fd 80fa3c 7404 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4d85e4 | dec eax // 0f8886000000 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x48] // 410fb6443c08 | dec ecx // 89c2 | xor edi, ebp // 83e2fd | dec eax // 80fa3c | xor edi, edx // 7404 | dec ebp $sequence_2 = { 4d29dd 4801fe 488d4802 4839d1 7c16 4801d2 4883c003 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4d29dd | mov edx, esp // 4801fe | dec esp // 488d4802 | mov ecx, ebp // 4839d1 | cmp byte ptr [ebx], 0 // 7c16 | dec eax // 4801d2 | mov ebp, dword ptr [esp + 0x48] // 4883c003 | dec eax $sequence_3 = { 744a 488d4c2430 4c89ea e8???????? 488b7c2430 0fb62b 4c89e9 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 744a | add eax, 0x10 // 488d4c2430 | jo 0x2d3 // 4c89ea | dec ecx // e8???????? | // 488b7c2430 | mov dword ptr [esp - 0x10], eax // 0fb62b | cmp byte ptr [esi], 0 // 4c89e9 | jne 0x21e $sequence_4 = { 4c8b11 4c8b5908 488b02 4c89c3 4c8b4208 4c8d6c2430 4989d4 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4c8b11 | dec eax // 4c8b5908 | and eax, 0xfffff000 // 488b02 | dec esp // 4c89c3 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax + 8] // 4c8b4208 | dec ecx // 4c8d6c2430 | lea eax, [eax - 0x30] // 4989d4 | dec ecx $sequence_5 = { 498b4708 420fb6440807 3c5c 744d 3c2f 7449 ba01000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 498b4708 | test eax, eax // 420fb6440807 | jle 0x4f0 // 3c5c | dec ecx // 744d | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x18] // 3c2f | dec eax // 7449 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x68], edx // ba01000000 | inc ebp $sequence_6 = { 4c89fa 4c89c9 4c894c2438 e8???????? 0fb63b 4c8b7c2458 4c8b4c2438 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4c89fa | dec esp // 4c89c9 | mov esi, ebp // 4c894c2438 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 0fb63b | mov ebx, ebp // 4c8b7c2458 | dec ebp // 4c8b4c2438 | mov ebp, edx $sequence_7 = { 48897c2438 0f8093030000 4885c0 0f88c2050000 488d7c2470 4889c2 488dac2480000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 48897c2438 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x58] // 0f8093030000 | dec eax // 4885c0 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x58], edx // 0f88c2050000 | dec eax // 488d7c2470 | mov edx, edi // 4889c2 | dec eax // 488dac2480000000 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x40] $sequence_8 = { 4c894c2448 4c895c2440 e8???????? 4c8b5c2440 4c8b4c2448 4d01d9 0f8050020000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4c894c2448 | dec eax // 4c895c2440 | lea edx, [eax + 8] // e8???????? | // 4c8b5c2440 | dec esp // 4c8b4c2448 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x40] // 4d01d9 | dec esp // 0f8050020000 | mov ebx, dword ptr [esp + 0x48] $sequence_9 = { e8???????? 0fb62b 4084ed 0f85d6fdffff 89f0 488d9424f0000000 c744242001000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 0fb62b | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x28], 0x400 // 4084ed | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x20], 0x400 // 0f85d6fdffff | call dword ptr [edi] // 89f0 | dec eax // 488d9424f0000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x58], eax // c744242001000000 | dec eax condition: 7 of them and filesize < 1811456 }
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