A downloader trojan with some infostealer capabilities focused on the browser. Previously observed as part of RigEK campaigns.
rule win_snatch_loader_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.snatch_loader." 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.snatch_loader" malpedia_rule_date = "20260105" malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79" malpedia_version = "20251219" 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 = { 895dfc e8???????? 8bf0 85f6 744b 33c0 66894606 } // n = 7, score = 600 // 895dfc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 4], ebx // e8???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 744b | je 0x4d // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 66894606 | mov word ptr [esi + 6], ax $sequence_1 = { eb0e 8d4dfc 51 8d4df4 51 56 } // n = 6, score = 600 // eb0e | jmp 0x10 // 8d4dfc | lea ecx, [ebp - 4] // 51 | push ecx // 8d4df4 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0xc] // 51 | push ecx // 56 | push esi $sequence_2 = { 7505 8b45fc eb0d 53 53 } // n = 5, score = 600 // 7505 | jne 7 // 8b45fc | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // eb0d | jmp 0xf // 53 | push ebx // 53 | push ebx $sequence_3 = { 57 8bfa 85c0 751d } // n = 4, score = 600 // 57 | push edi // 8bfa | mov edi, edx // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 751d | jne 0x1f $sequence_4 = { 8b7dfc eb04 ffd0 8bf8 a1???????? } // n = 5, score = 600 // 8b7dfc | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // eb04 | jmp 6 // ffd0 | call eax // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax // a1???????? | $sequence_5 = { 8bc8 e8???????? a3???????? 85c0 7403 57 } // n = 6, score = 600 // 8bc8 | mov ecx, eax // e8???????? | // a3???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7403 | je 5 // 57 | push edi $sequence_6 = { 8bf8 a1???????? 85c0 7522 6a02 59 } // n = 6, score = 600 // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax // a1???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7522 | jne 0x24 // 6a02 | push 2 // 59 | pop ecx $sequence_7 = { 32c3 43 8802 42 } // n = 4, score = 600 // 32c3 | xor al, bl // 43 | inc ebx // 8802 | mov byte ptr [edx], al // 42 | inc edx $sequence_8 = { 76d8 33c0 48 5a 59 5f 5e } // n = 7, score = 500 // 76d8 | jbe 0xffffffda // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 48 | dec eax // 5a | pop edx // 59 | pop ecx // 5f | pop edi // 5e | pop esi $sequence_9 = { 59 5b 5a c9 c20c00 55 8bec } // n = 7, score = 500 // 59 | pop ecx // 5b | pop ebx // 5a | pop edx // c9 | leave // c20c00 | ret 0xc // 55 | push ebp // 8bec | mov ebp, esp $sequence_10 = { 8bec 83c4f8 53 56 57 51 52 } // n = 7, score = 500 // 8bec | mov ebp, esp // 83c4f8 | add esp, -8 // 53 | push ebx // 56 | push esi // 57 | push edi // 51 | push ecx // 52 | push edx $sequence_11 = { 0bc0 7454 394508 734f ff7510 } // n = 5, score = 500 // 0bc0 | or eax, eax // 7454 | je 0x56 // 394508 | cmp dword ptr [ebp + 8], eax // 734f | jae 0x51 // ff7510 | push dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] $sequence_12 = { 33d2 33c9 8a0431 0ac0 741f } // n = 5, score = 500 // 33d2 | xor edx, edx // 33c9 | xor ecx, ecx // 8a0431 | mov al, byte ptr [ecx + esi] // 0ac0 | or al, al // 741f | je 0x21 $sequence_13 = { 3b45fc 773b 8b750c 8b7d10 037508 8bde } // n = 6, score = 500 // 3b45fc | cmp eax, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // 773b | ja 0x3d // 8b750c | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 8b7d10 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] // 037508 | add esi, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 8bde | mov ebx, esi $sequence_14 = { 741f 3a0439 7514 41 3b4df8 72ee 8bc2 } // n = 7, score = 500 // 741f | je 0x21 // 3a0439 | cmp al, byte ptr [ecx + edi] // 7514 | jne 0x16 // 41 | inc ecx // 3b4df8 | cmp ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 8] // 72ee | jb 0xfffffff0 // 8bc2 | mov eax, edx $sequence_15 = { 57 56 8b36 56 8b33 33c0 48 } // n = 7, score = 500 // 57 | push edi // 56 | push esi // 8b36 | mov esi, dword ptr [esi] // 56 | push esi // 8b33 | mov esi, dword ptr [ebx] // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 48 | dec eax condition: 7 of them and filesize < 262144 }
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