Actor(s): Silent Chollima
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rule win_sharpknot_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" 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 = "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 = { f2ae 8bcb 4f c1e902 f3a5 8b84241c020000 8bcb } // n = 7, score = 100 // f2ae | repne scasb al, byte ptr es:[edi] // 8bcb | mov ecx, ebx // 4f | dec edi // c1e902 | shr ecx, 2 // f3a5 | rep movsd dword ptr es:[edi], dword ptr [esi] // 8b84241c020000 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x21c] // 8bcb | mov ecx, ebx $sequence_1 = { 85c0 7423 8bce 8bc6 c1f905 83e01f 8b0c8d40e64400 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7423 | je 0x25 // 8bce | mov ecx, esi // 8bc6 | mov eax, esi // c1f905 | sar ecx, 5 // 83e01f | and eax, 0x1f // 8b0c8d40e64400 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ecx*4 + 0x44e640] $sequence_2 = { 85c0 7405 83c60a ebe8 bb01000000 85db } // n = 6, score = 100 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7405 | je 7 // 83c60a | add esi, 0xa // ebe8 | jmp 0xffffffea // bb01000000 | mov ebx, 1 // 85db | test ebx, ebx $sequence_3 = { c1fa02 8bca 897c2430 c1e91f 03d1 83fa01 0f83b3000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c1fa02 | sar edx, 2 // 8bca | mov ecx, edx // 897c2430 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x30], edi // c1e91f | shr ecx, 0x1f // 03d1 | add edx, ecx // 83fa01 | cmp edx, 1 // 0f83b3000000 | jae 0xb9 $sequence_4 = { 50 6a00 ff15???????? 8d8c240c010000 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // 6a00 | push 0 // ff15???????? | // 8d8c240c010000 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x10c] $sequence_5 = { 6a01 56 ff15???????? 68e8030000 ff15???????? } // n = 5, score = 100 // 6a01 | push 1 // 56 | push esi // ff15???????? | // 68e8030000 | push 0x3e8 // ff15???????? | $sequence_6 = { 7505 5f 33c0 5b c3 803f00 7505 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 7505 | jne 7 // 5f | pop edi // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 5b | pop ebx // c3 | ret // 803f00 | cmp byte ptr [edi], 0 // 7505 | jne 7 $sequence_7 = { 68???????? ff15???????? 8bf0 85f6 0f84b6000000 8b1d???????? 68???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 68???????? | // ff15???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 0f84b6000000 | je 0xbc // 8b1d???????? | // 68???????? | $sequence_8 = { 7cf1 56 8bf1 c1e603 3b9670da4000 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 7cf1 | jl 0xfffffff3 // 56 | push esi // 8bf1 | mov esi, ecx // c1e603 | shl esi, 3 // 3b9670da4000 | cmp edx, dword ptr [esi + 0x40da70] $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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