VShell is an OST framework written in Go, enabling availability of implants for multiple platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS).
rule win_vshell_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.vshell." 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.vshell" 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 = { e8???????? 90 bf01000000 90 e8???????? 488b942480000000 48894a70 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 90 | inc esp // bf01000000 | movzx eax, byte ptr [esp + edx + 0x1d] // 90 | inc ecx // e8???????? | // 488b942480000000 | xor eax, esi // 48894a70 | dec eax $sequence_1 = { eb50 488b842498000000 48c740280b000000 eb3e 488b842428010000 488b9c2430010000 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // eb50 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x68], eax // 488b842498000000 | dec eax // 48c740280b000000 | lea eax, [0x437cee] // eb3e | mov ecx, 6 // 488b842428010000 | dec esp // 488b9c2430010000 | lea eax, [ebx + 2] // e8???????? | $sequence_2 = { e8???????? 48c70019000000 e8???????? 4889c1 4889df 488d05419d5d00 488b9c2490000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 48c70019000000 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x38] // e8???????? | // 4889c1 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x30] // 4889df | dec eax // 488d05419d5d00 | mov ebx, dword ptr [esp + 0x48] // 488b9c2490000000 | xor eax, eax $sequence_3 = { eb1b 440fb64c3c27 418d3431 8d76cd 4088741427 4488443c27 4883c002 } // n = 7, score = 100 // eb1b | lea eax, [0x101a1c] // 440fb64c3c27 | mov ecx, 3 // 418d3431 | dec esp // 8d76cd | lea eax, [ebx + 4] // 4088741427 | dec esp // 4488443c27 | cmp esi, eax // 4883c002 | jae 0x88 $sequence_4 = { eb38 488b8c2488000000 488b4110 e8???????? 4889c3 488d053d4ca100 488b6c2478 } // n = 7, score = 100 // eb38 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x110], ebx // 488b8c2488000000 | dec eax // 488b4110 | lea ecx, [0x3bf8d0] // e8???????? | // 4889c3 | mov ecx, 6 // 488d053d4ca100 | dec eax // 488b6c2478 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x118], eax $sequence_5 = { eba7 4885c9 741c 48894c2440 48899c2498000000 31c0 31d2 } // n = 7, score = 100 // eba7 | cmp esi, eax // 4885c9 | jae 0x6cd // 741c | dec eax // 48894c2440 | lea eax, [0x13eecb] // 48899c2498000000 | dec eax // 31c0 | mov ecx, ebx // 31d2 | mov ecx, 7 $sequence_6 = { e8???????? e8???????? 4889842478040000 e8???????? 4889842470040000 48899c24d8010000 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // e8???????? | // 4889842478040000 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 4889842470040000 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0xf0] // 48899c24d8010000 | dec eax // e8???????? | $sequence_7 = { eb0c 488d3da654b000 e8???????? 4885db 7410 4889d8 4889cb } // n = 7, score = 100 // eb0c | nop // 488d3da654b000 | call ecx // e8???????? | // 4885db | dec eax // 7410 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax] // 4889d8 | dec eax // 4889cb | mov edx, eax $sequence_8 = { e8???????? eb38 488b7c2428 488b07 488b5f08 488b4f10 440f117f08 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // eb38 | inc ecx // 488b7c2428 | and ecx, 7 // 488b07 | dec ecx // 488b5f08 | mov ebx, ecx // 488b4f10 | nop // 440f117f08 | dec ecx $sequence_9 = { c744242c4e67d48a 48ba22266cf93b139a0b 4889542418 c74424206ecc42ee 31c0 eb1a 0fb6540424 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c744242c4e67d48a | inc esp // 48ba22266cf93b139a0b | movzx eax, byte ptr [esp + 0x4d] // 4889542418 | mov byte ptr [eax + 0xd], dl // c74424206ecc42ee | movzx edx, byte ptr [esp + 0x52] // 31c0 | inc esp // eb1a | movzx eax, byte ptr [esp + 0x47] // 0fb6540424 | inc esp condition: 7 of them and filesize < 39452672 }
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