Actor(s): Anunak, TA505
TinyMet is a meterpreter stager.
rule win_tinymet_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.tinymet." 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.tinymet" 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 = { 83c410 0fbe00 83e830 743c 48 7435 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 83c410 | add esp, 0x10 // 0fbe00 | movsx eax, byte ptr [eax] // 83e830 | sub eax, 0x30 // 743c | je 0x3e // 48 | dec eax // 7435 | je 0x37 $sequence_1 = { ff15???????? 85c0 7407 68???????? eb7d 53 } // n = 6, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7407 | je 9 // 68???????? | // eb7d | jmp 0x7f // 53 | push ebx $sequence_2 = { 56 ff15???????? 85c0 740a 68???????? e9???????? 53 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 56 | push esi // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 740a | je 0xc // 68???????? | // e9???????? | // 53 | push ebx $sequence_3 = { 03d8 46 57 e8???????? 59 3bf0 72ee } // n = 7, score = 100 // 03d8 | add ebx, eax // 46 | inc esi // 57 | push edi // e8???????? | // 59 | pop ecx // 3bf0 | cmp esi, eax // 72ee | jb 0xfffffff0 $sequence_4 = { e8???????? a3???????? a1???????? ff700c } // n = 4, score = 100 // e8???????? | // a3???????? | // a1???????? | // ff700c | push dword ptr [eax + 0xc] $sequence_5 = { 83c005 50 6a00 ff15???????? a3???????? } // n = 5, score = 100 // 83c005 | add eax, 5 // 50 | push eax // 6a00 | push 0 // ff15???????? | // a3???????? | $sequence_6 = { e8???????? 83c40c a3???????? ffd0 6a00 e8???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 83c40c | add esp, 0xc // a3???????? | // ffd0 | call eax // 6a00 | push 0 // e8???????? | $sequence_7 = { ff15???????? 85c0 7507 68???????? eb4a 6a40 } // n = 6, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7507 | jne 9 // 68???????? | // eb4a | jmp 0x4c // 6a40 | push 0x40 condition: 7 of them and filesize < 57344 }
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