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win.pipemon (Back to overview)

PipeMon

Actor(s): Winnti Umbrella

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References
2022-05-22cocomelonccocomelonc
Malware development trick - part 29: Store binary data in registry. Simple C++ example.
Turla RAT PILLOWMINT PipeMon
2022-03-24Twitter (@ESETresearch)ESET Research
Tweet on PipeMon variants by Winnti Group
PipeMon
2020-05-21ESET ResearchMartin Smolár, Mathieu Tartare
No “Game over” for the Winnti Group
ACEHASH HTran MimiKatz PipeMon
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_pipemon_auto (20260504 | Detects win.pipemon.)
rule win_pipemon_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.pipemon."
        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.pipemon"
        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 = { 488bc2 488d0d1d450100 48890b 488d5308 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   488bc2               | dec                 eax
            //   488d0d1d450100       | mov                 ebx, ecx
            //   48890b               | dec                 eax
            //   488d5308             | lea                 edi, [0xfffe700c]

        $sequence_1 = { c745b038020000 488d55b0 488bc8 ff15???????? 85c0 7440 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   c745b038020000       | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x38], 0
            //   488d55b0             | inc                 ecx
            //   488bc8               | mov                 ecx, 1
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | dec                 eax
            //   7440                 | mov                 ebx, ecx

        $sequence_2 = { 4839b938010000 7516 488d05f3370100 4a8b04e8 42387c3039 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   4839b938010000       | dec                 eax
            //   7516                 | mov                 edi, dword ptr [esp + 0x70]
            //   488d05f3370100       | dec                 eax
            //   4a8b04e8             | lea                 ecx, [edi + 0x28]
            //   42387c3039           | jmp                 0x95f

        $sequence_3 = { 0f1f00 8d4601 25ff000080 7d09 ffc8 0d00ffffff }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   0f1f00               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp + 0x27], 0x6567656c
            //   8d4601               | movdqu              xmmword ptr [ebp + 0x17], xmm0
            //   25ff000080           | mov                 word ptr [ebp + 0x2b], 0x73
            //   7d09                 | dec                 eax
            //   ffc8                 | lea                 edx, [ebp + 0x2f]
            //   0d00ffffff           | dec                 eax

        $sequence_4 = { 4c8d0d349b0000 f20f5cca f2410f590cc1 660f28d1 660f28c1 4c8d0dfb8a0000 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   4c8d0d349b0000       | inc                 ecx
            //   f20f5cca             | mov                 edi, dword ptr [ecx]
            //   f2410f590cc1         | inc                 ecx
            //   660f28d1             | cmp                 dword ptr [eax + 0x20], edi
            //   660f28c1             | jbe                 0x4d3
            //   4c8d0dfb8a0000       | dec                 esp

        $sequence_5 = { 488b18 483bd8 0f84f7010000 448b4320 488d15e4fb0100 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   488b18               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x40]
            //   483bd8               | inc                 ecx
            //   0f84f7010000         | lea                 edx, [esp + 1]
            //   448b4320             | dec                 eax
            //   488d15e4fb0100       | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x50]

        $sequence_6 = { 48894310 33c9 e8???????? 48894318 c6432000 b910000000 e8???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   48894310             | dec                 eax
            //   33c9                 | mov                 edi, dword ptr [ecx + 8]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   48894318             | dec                 eax
            //   c6432000             | mov                 ebx, edi
            //   b910000000           | cmp                 byte ptr [edi + 0x19], 0
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_7 = { 4983c302 6685db 0f856cffffff 4c89642428 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   4983c302             | add                 esp, 0x78
            //   6685db               | inc                 ecx
            //   0f856cffffff         | pop                 esp
            //   4c89642428           | dec                 eax

        $sequence_8 = { 5b c3 4883ec38 488d05f5960000 41b91b000000 4889442420 e8???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   5b                   | mov                 edx, esi
            //   c3                   | dec                 eax
            //   4883ec38             | mov                 ecx, edi
            //   488d05f5960000       | test                eax, eax
            //   41b91b000000         | jne                 0x720
            //   4889442420           | dec                 eax
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_9 = { 4489a500020000 488d442460 488985f8010000 ba01000000 488d4c2460 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   4489a500020000       | mov                 ebx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x80]
            //   488d442460           | cmp                 word ptr [esi], 0
            //   488985f8010000       | jne                 0x24e
            //   ba01000000           | dec                 eax
            //   488d4c2460           | mov                 ebx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x78]

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 389120
}
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