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win.paladin (Back to overview)

paladin

Actor(s): Pitty Panda

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Paladin RAT is a variant of Gh0st RAT used by PittyPanda active since at least 2011.

References
2014-07-31 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ Joshua Homan, Nart Villeneuve
Spy of the Tiger
paladin APT24
2014-01-01 ⋅ Airbus Defence & Space ⋅ Cedric Pernet, David Bizeul, Fabien Perigaud, Ivan Fontarensky, Ronan Mouchoux
The Eye of the Tiger
paladin PittyTiger RAT
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_paladin_auto (20260917 | Detects win.paladin.)
rule win_paladin_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-09-17"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.paladin."
        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.paladin"
        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 = { e8???????? 83c8ff 8b8c24e4010000 64890d00000000 81c4f0010000 c20400 8d4c2400 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c8ff               | or                  eax, 0xffffffff
            //   8b8c24e4010000       | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x1e4]
            //   64890d00000000       | mov                 dword ptr fs:[0], ecx
            //   81c4f0010000         | add                 esp, 0x1f0
            //   c20400               | ret                 4
            //   8d4c2400             | lea                 ecx, [esp]

        $sequence_1 = { 895c2430 e8???????? 84c0 7426 8b7c2420 }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   895c2430             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x30], ebx
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   84c0                 | test                al, al
            //   7426                 | je                  0x28
            //   8b7c2420             | mov                 edi, dword ptr [esp + 0x20]

        $sequence_2 = { f3a5 8bca 03c5 83e103 f3a4 8b74243c }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   f3a5                 | rep movsd           dword ptr es:[edi], dword ptr [esi]
            //   8bca                 | mov                 ecx, edx
            //   03c5                 | add                 eax, ebp
            //   83e103               | and                 ecx, 3
            //   f3a4                 | rep movsb           byte ptr es:[edi], byte ptr [esi]
            //   8b74243c             | mov                 esi, dword ptr [esp + 0x3c]

        $sequence_3 = { 64892500000000 51 b8301a0300 e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   64892500000000       | mov                 dword ptr fs:[0], esp
            //   51                   | push                ecx
            //   b8301a0300           | mov                 eax, 0x31a30
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_4 = { eb05 1bc0 83d8ff 85c0 0f8493000000 bf???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   eb05                 | jmp                 7
            //   1bc0                 | sbb                 eax, eax
            //   83d8ff               | sbb                 eax, -1
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   0f8493000000         | je                  0x99
            //   bf????????           |                     

        $sequence_5 = { 6a01 51 ff15???????? 8b4df4 64890d00000000 5f 5e }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   6a01                 | push                1
            //   51                   | push                ecx
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   8b4df4               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc]
            //   64890d00000000       | mov                 dword ptr fs:[0], ecx
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   5e                   | pop                 esi

        $sequence_6 = { e8???????? 83c418 c21000 8b0d???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c418               | add                 esp, 0x18
            //   c21000               | ret                 0x10
            //   8b0d????????         |                     

        $sequence_7 = { 8bf8 8b4654 89442420 52 8d462c }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   8bf8                 | mov                 edi, eax
            //   8b4654               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x54]
            //   89442420             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x20], eax
            //   52                   | push                edx
            //   8d462c               | lea                 eax, [esi + 0x2c]

        $sequence_8 = { 5f 5e 5d 5b 83c414 c20800 8d5d04 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   5e                   | pop                 esi
            //   5d                   | pop                 ebp
            //   5b                   | pop                 ebx
            //   83c414               | add                 esp, 0x14
            //   c20800               | ret                 8
            //   8d5d04               | lea                 ebx, [ebp + 4]

        $sequence_9 = { 8d8ef8fdffff 3bd9 7616 81c608020000 6a42 56 55 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   8d8ef8fdffff         | lea                 ecx, [esi - 0x208]
            //   3bd9                 | cmp                 ebx, ecx
            //   7616                 | jbe                 0x18
            //   81c608020000         | add                 esi, 0x208
            //   6a42                 | push                0x42
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   55                   | push                ebp

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 106496
}
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