Actor(s): Silent Chollima
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rule win_sharpknot_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.sharpknot." 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.sharpknot" 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 = { 8d442420 8bce 50 2bcd b8abaaaa2a f7e9 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8d442420 | lea eax, [esp + 0x20] // 8bce | mov ecx, esi // 50 | push eax // 2bcd | sub ecx, ebp // b8abaaaa2a | mov eax, 0x2aaaaaab // f7e9 | imul ecx $sequence_1 = { 85d2 763d 85db c744241000000000 7f10 7c0a 817c241400000400 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 85d2 | test edx, edx // 763d | jbe 0x3f // 85db | test ebx, ebx // c744241000000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x10], 0 // 7f10 | jg 0x12 // 7c0a | jl 0xc // 817c241400000400 | cmp dword ptr [esp + 0x14], 0x40000 $sequence_2 = { 8b7308 8d442420 8bce 50 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 8b7308 | mov esi, dword ptr [ebx + 8] // 8d442420 | lea eax, [esp + 0x20] // 8bce | mov ecx, esi // 50 | push eax $sequence_3 = { 8b450c 8365ec00 8b4d08 8945f4 8b4514 c745f05b364000 40 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b450c | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 8365ec00 | and dword ptr [ebp - 0x14], 0 // 8b4d08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 8945f4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], eax // 8b4514 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x14] // c745f05b364000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x10], 0x40365b // 40 | inc eax $sequence_4 = { ff15???????? 6a01 e8???????? c705????????07000000 } // n = 4, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 6a01 | push 1 // e8???????? | // c705????????07000000 | $sequence_5 = { 8bf1 c1e603 3b9670da4000 0f851c010000 a1???????? 83f801 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8bf1 | mov esi, ecx // c1e603 | shl esi, 3 // 3b9670da4000 | cmp edx, dword ptr [esi + 0x40da70] // 0f851c010000 | jne 0x122 // a1???????? | // 83f801 | cmp eax, 1 $sequence_6 = { 33c0 8d7c2421 88542420 f3ab 66ab 33c9 aa } // n = 7, score = 100 // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 8d7c2421 | lea edi, [esp + 0x21] // 88542420 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x20], dl // f3ab | rep stosd dword ptr es:[edi], eax // 66ab | stosw word ptr es:[edi], ax // 33c9 | xor ecx, ecx // aa | stosb byte ptr es:[edi], al $sequence_7 = { 3c10 7508 660fb6b680f74400 663bfe 751f 6685ff 742d } // n = 7, score = 100 // 3c10 | cmp al, 0x10 // 7508 | jne 0xa // 660fb6b680f74400 | movzx si, byte ptr [esi + 0x44f780] // 663bfe | cmp di, si // 751f | jne 0x21 // 6685ff | test di, di // 742d | je 0x2f $sequence_8 = { 8bb620dd4000 3bce 7e20 83e907 eb1b 8b4514 f6c303 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8bb620dd4000 | mov esi, dword ptr [esi + 0x40dd20] // 3bce | cmp ecx, esi // 7e20 | jle 0x22 // 83e907 | sub ecx, 7 // eb1b | jmp 0x1d // 8b4514 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x14] // f6c303 | test bl, 3 $sequence_9 = { 83651003 8bf0 750b c1e602 8b86e8dc4000 eb09 c1e602 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 83651003 | and dword ptr [ebp + 0x10], 3 // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 750b | jne 0xd // c1e602 | shl esi, 2 // 8b86e8dc4000 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x40dce8] // eb09 | jmp 0xb // c1e602 | shl esi, 2 condition: 7 of them and filesize < 1032192 }
rule win_sharpknot_w0 { meta: author = "NCCIC Partner" source = "NCCIC Partner" date = "2017-12-12" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.sharpknot" malpedia_version = "20180413" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" malpedia_license = "" strings: $mbr_code = { 33 C0 8E D0 BC 00 7C FB 50 07 50 1F FC BE 5D 7C 33 C9 41 81 F9 00 ?? 74 24 B4 43 B0 00 CD 13 FE C2 80 FA 84 7C F3 B2 80 BF 65 7C 81 05 00 04 83 55 02 00 83 55 04 00 83 55 06 00 EB D5 BE 4D 7C B4 43 B0 00 CD 13 33 C9 BE 5D 7C EB C5 } $controlServiceFoundlnBoth = { 83 EC 1C 57 68 3F 00 0F 00 6A 00 6A 00 FF 15 ?? ?? ?? ?? 8B F8 85 FF 74 44 8B 44 24 24 53 56 6A 24 50 57 FF 15 ?? ?? ?? ?? 8B 1D ?? ?? ?? ?? 8B F0 85 F6 74 1C 8D 4C 24 0C 51 6A 01 56 FF 15 ?? ?? ?? ?? 68 E8 03 00 00 FF 15 ?? ?? ?? ?? 56 FF D3 57 FF D3 5E 5B 33 C0 5F 83 C4 1C C3 33 C0 5F 83 C4 1C C3 } condition: any of them }
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