The Chinese threat actor has used a custom backdoor dubbed "Scieron" over years in several campaigns according to SentinelLABS.
rule win_scieron_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2024-10-31" version = "1" description = "Detects win.scieron." 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.scieron" malpedia_rule_date = "20241030" malpedia_hash = "26e26953c49c8efafbf72a38076855d578e0a2e4" malpedia_version = "20241030" 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 = { ff742418 ff15???????? 85c0 0f8472020000 f686????????10 7415 } // n = 6, score = 100 // ff742418 | push dword ptr [esp + 0x18] // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f8472020000 | je 0x278 // f686????????10 | // 7415 | je 0x17 $sequence_1 = { ffd0 85f6 0f8497010000 6800800000 8d44242c } // n = 5, score = 100 // ffd0 | call eax // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 0f8497010000 | je 0x19d // 6800800000 | push 0x8000 // 8d44242c | lea eax, [esp + 0x2c] $sequence_2 = { 6800000080 83c008 50 ff15???????? 8bf8 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 6800000080 | push 0x80000000 // 83c008 | add eax, 8 // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax $sequence_3 = { 72f0 33c0 663b45f0 7560 8a45f4 8b4d08 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 72f0 | jb 0xfffffff2 // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 663b45f0 | cmp ax, word ptr [ebp - 0x10] // 7560 | jne 0x62 // 8a45f4 | mov al, byte ptr [ebp - 0xc] // 8b4d08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 8] $sequence_4 = { 3bfd 7507 33c0 e9???????? 8b742418 6a0c 57 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 3bfd | cmp edi, ebp // 7507 | jne 9 // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // e9???????? | // 8b742418 | mov esi, dword ptr [esp + 0x18] // 6a0c | push 0xc // 57 | push edi $sequence_5 = { e8???????? 8bf8 83c410 3bfe 0f841bffffff } // n = 5, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax // 83c410 | add esp, 0x10 // 3bfe | cmp edi, esi // 0f841bffffff | je 0xffffff21 $sequence_6 = { 0f8401010000 6a04 8d4c2410 51 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 0f8401010000 | je 0x107 // 6a04 | push 4 // 8d4c2410 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x10] // 51 | push ecx $sequence_7 = { 8bf8 3bfe 7419 8d4574 50 57 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax // 3bfe | cmp edi, esi // 7419 | je 0x1b // 8d4574 | lea eax, [ebp + 0x74] // 50 | push eax // 57 | push edi $sequence_8 = { 033e 68???????? 68???????? ff15???????? 50 ff15???????? ffd0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 033e | add edi, dword ptr [esi] // 68???????? | // 68???????? | // ff15???????? | // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // ffd0 | call eax $sequence_9 = { ff15???????? 50 ff15???????? ffd0 83c61c } // n = 5, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // ffd0 | call eax // 83c61c | add esi, 0x1c condition: 7 of them and filesize < 100352 }
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