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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
2014-07-31FireEyeJoshua Homan, Nart Villeneuve
Spy of the Tiger
paladin APT24
2014-01-01Airbus Defence & SpaceCedric Pernet, David Bizeul, Fabien Perigaud, Ivan Fontarensky, Ronan Mouchoux
The Eye of the Tiger
paladin PittyTiger RAT
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_paladin_auto (20260504 | Detects win.paladin.)
rule win_paladin_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        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 = "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 = { 50 68???????? c78424f800000000000000 e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   c78424f800000000000000     | mov    dword ptr [esp + 0xf8], 0
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_1 = { 8d7729 8b542410 8a4208 84c0 7449 33c0 }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   8d7729               | lea                 esi, [edi + 0x29]
            //   8b542410             | mov                 edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x10]
            //   8a4208               | mov                 al, byte ptr [edx + 8]
            //   84c0                 | test                al, al
            //   7449                 | je                  0x4b
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax

        $sequence_2 = { 8944241c 3bc3 c744241402000000 740d 6a32 53 57 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   8944241c             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x1c], eax
            //   3bc3                 | cmp                 eax, ebx
            //   c744241402000000     | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x14], 2
            //   740d                 | je                  0xf
            //   6a32                 | push                0x32
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   57                   | push                edi

        $sequence_3 = { 51 52 ff15???????? 85c0 759d 8b442410 50 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   51                   | push                ecx
            //   52                   | push                edx
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   759d                 | jne                 0xffffff9f
            //   8b442410             | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x10]
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_4 = { 85c0 0f8493000000 bf???????? 8d742460 8a16 }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   0f8493000000         | je                  0x99
            //   bf????????           |                     
            //   8d742460             | lea                 esi, [esp + 0x60]
            //   8a16                 | mov                 dl, byte ptr [esi]

        $sequence_5 = { 33c0 8985acfeffff 8985b4feffff 68???????? ff15???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   8985acfeffff         | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x154], eax
            //   8985b4feffff         | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x14c], eax
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_6 = { 83c404 8b742410 6800c80000 8bcb e8???????? 50 6a00 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4
            //   8b742410             | mov                 esi, dword ptr [esp + 0x10]
            //   6800c80000           | push                0xc800
            //   8bcb                 | mov                 ecx, ebx
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   6a00                 | push                0

        $sequence_7 = { 50 68???????? c78424e800000000000000 e8???????? 84c0 }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   c78424e800000000000000     | mov    dword ptr [esp + 0xe8], 0
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   84c0                 | test                al, al

        $sequence_8 = { 8d4c242c c68424f000000001 e8???????? 8d4c2400 c68424f000000000 }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   8d4c242c             | lea                 ecx, [esp + 0x2c]
            //   c68424f000000001     | mov                 byte ptr [esp + 0xf0], 1
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8d4c2400             | lea                 ecx, [esp]
            //   c68424f000000000     | mov                 byte ptr [esp + 0xf0], 0

        $sequence_9 = { 8d44241c 8d7b1c 50 57 ff15???????? 33c9 }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   8d44241c             | lea                 eax, [esp + 0x1c]
            //   8d7b1c               | lea                 edi, [ebx + 0x1c]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   33c9                 | xor                 ecx, ecx

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 106496
}
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