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win.oatboat (Back to overview)

OATBOAT

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OATBOAT is a loader that loads and executes shellcode payloads.

References
2024-09-19MandiantMark Lechtik, Matan Mimran, Sarah Bock, Stav Shulman
UNC1860 and the Temple of Oats: Iran’s Hidden Hand in Middle Eastern Networks
OATBOAT
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_oatboat_auto (20260504 | Detects win.oatboat.)
rule win_oatboat_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.oatboat."
        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.oatboat"
        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 = { c745e872747561 c745ec6c4d656d c745f06f727900 e8???????? 41b900800000 4c8d4540 488d5548 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   c745e872747561       | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebx + 0x1c]
            //   c745ec6c4d656d       | dec                 eax
            //   c745f06f727900       | cmp                 edi, eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   41b900800000         | jne                 0x95
            //   4c8d4540             | dec                 eax
            //   488d5548             | test                edi, edi

        $sequence_1 = { 4c896538 c745e04e74416c c745e46c6f6361 c745e874655669 c745ec72747561 c745f06c4d656d }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   4c896538             | lea                 edx, [ebp + 0x48]
            //   c745e04e74416c       | dec                 eax
            //   c745e46c6f6361       | or                  ecx, 0xffffffff
            //   c745e874655669       | call                eax
            //   c745ec72747561       | je                  0xb
            //   c745f06c4d656d       | dec                 eax

        $sequence_2 = { 488d48d8 c740dc64006c00 33db c740e06c002e00 c740e464006c00 c740e86c000000 e8???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   488d48d8             | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x14], 0x6d654d6c
            //   c740dc64006c00       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x10], 0x79726f
            //   33db                 | inc                 ecx
            //   c740e06c002e00       | mov                 ecx, 0x8000
            //   c740e464006c00       | dec                 esp
            //   c740e86c000000       | lea                 eax, [ebp + 0x40]
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_3 = { 55 4156 4157 488bec 4883ec30 65488b042560000000 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   55                   | pop                 edi
            //   4156                 | inc                 ecx
            //   4157                 | pop                 esi
            //   488bec               | dec                 eax
            //   4883ec30             | inc                 eax
            //   65488b042560000000     | inc    esi

        $sequence_4 = { c740e86c000000 e8???????? 4885c0 740e 488bd7 488bc8 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   c740e86c000000       | inc                 esi
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4885c0               | dec                 eax
            //   740e                 | add                 ebx, 2
            //   488bd7               | dec                 ecx
            //   488bc8               | cmp                 esi, ebx

        $sequence_5 = { e8???????? 488bd8 488b7c2458 488bc3 488b5c2450 4883c440 5d }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   488bd8               | dec                 eax
            //   488b7c2458           | mov                 ebx, eax
            //   488bc3               | dec                 eax
            //   488b5c2450           | mov                 edi, dword ptr [esp + 0x58]
            //   4883c440             | dec                 eax
            //   5d                   | mov                 eax, ebx

        $sequence_6 = { c745f04c6f6164 c745f44c696272 c745f861727957 44887dfc e8???????? 488bcf }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   c745f04c6f6164       | cmp                 edi, eax
            //   c745f44c696272       | inc                 esp
            //   c745f861727957       | cmp                 cl, cl
            //   44887dfc             | jne                 0x57
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   488bcf               | dec                 eax

        $sequence_7 = { 66895df8 c745e845004c00 c745ec33003200 c745f02e004400 c745f44c004c00 e8???????? 4885c0 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   66895df8             | dec                 esp
            //   c745e845004c00       | mov                 esi, edi
            //   c745ec33003200       | dec                 esp
            //   c745f02e004400       | sub                 esi, ebx
            //   c745f44c004c00       | movsx               edx, byte ptr [ebx]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4885c0               | inc                 ebp

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 58368
}
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