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/*
Yara Rule Set
Author: Florian Roth
Date: 2018-03-10
Identifier: APT15 Report
Reference: https://goo.gl/HZ5XMN
*/
/* Rule Set ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
import "pe"
rule APT15_Malware_Mar18_RoyalCli {
meta:
description = "Detects malware from APT 15 report by NCC Group"
license = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"
author = "Florian Roth"
reference = "https://goo.gl/HZ5XMN"
date = "2018-03-10"
hash1 = "6df9b712ff56009810c4000a0ad47e41b7a6183b69416251e060b5c80cd05785"
strings:
$s1 = "\\Release\\RoyalCli.pdb" ascii
$s2 = "%snewcmd.exe" fullword ascii
$s3 = "Run cmd error %d" fullword ascii
$s4 = "%s~clitemp%08x.ini" fullword ascii
$s5 = "run file failed" fullword ascii
$s6 = "Cmd timeout %d" fullword ascii
$s7 = "2 %s %d 0 %d" fullword ascii
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 200KB and 2 of them
}
rule APT15_Malware_Mar18_RoyalDNS {
meta:
description = "Detects malware from APT 15 report by NCC Group"
license = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"
author = "Florian Roth"
reference = "https://goo.gl/HZ5XMN"
date = "2018-03-10"
hash1 = "bc937f6e958b339f6925023bc2af375d669084e9551fd3753e501ef26e36b39d"
strings:
$x1 = "del c:\\windows\\temp\\r.exe /f /q" fullword ascii
$x2 = "%s\\r.exe" fullword ascii
$s1 = "rights.dll" fullword ascii
$s2 = "\"%s\">>\"%s\"\\s.txt" fullword ascii
$s3 = "Nwsapagent" fullword ascii
$s4 = "%s\\r.bat" fullword ascii
$s5 = "%s\\s.txt" fullword ascii
$s6 = "runexe" fullword ascii
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 200KB and (
( pe.exports("RunInstallA") and pe.exports("RunUninstallA") ) or
1 of ($x*) or
2 of them
)
}
rule APT15_Malware_Mar18_BS2005 {
meta:
description = "Detects malware from APT 15 report by NCC Group"
license = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"
author = "Florian Roth"
reference = "https://goo.gl/HZ5XMN"
date = "2018-03-10"
hash1 = "750d9eecd533f89b8aa13aeab173a1cf813b021b6824bc30e60f5db6fa7b950b"
strings:
$x1 = "AAAAKQAASCMAABi+AABnhEBj8vep7VRoAEPRWLweGc0/eiDrXGajJXRxbXsTXAcZAABK4QAAPWwAACzWAAByrg==" fullword ascii
$x2 = "AAAAKQAASCMAABi+AABnhKv3kXJJousn5YzkjGF46eE3G8ZGse4B9uoqJo8Q2oF0AABK4QAAPWwAACzWAAByrg==" fullword ascii
$a1 = "http://%s/content.html?id=%s" fullword ascii
$a2 = "http://%s/main.php?ssid=%s" fullword ascii
$a3 = "http://%s/webmail.php?id=%s" fullword ascii
$a9 = "http://%s/error.html?tab=%s" fullword ascii
$s1 = "%s\\~tmp.txt" fullword ascii
$s2 = "%s /C %s >>\"%s\" 2>&1" fullword ascii
$s3 = "DisableFirstRunCustomize" fullword ascii
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 200KB and (
1 of ($x*) or
2 of them
)
}
rule APT15_Malware_Mar18_MSExchangeTool {
meta:
description = "Detects malware from APT 15 report by NCC Group"
license = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"
author = "Florian Roth"
reference = "https://goo.gl/HZ5XMN"
date = "2018-03-10"
hash1 = "16b868d1bef6be39f69b4e976595e7bd46b6c0595cf6bc482229dbb9e64f1bce"
strings:
$s1 = "\\Release\\EWSTEW.pdb" ascii
$s2 = "EWSTEW.exe" fullword wide
$s3 = "Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data" fullword ascii
$s4 = "tmp.dat" fullword wide
$s6 = "/v or /t is null" fullword wide
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 40KB and all of them
}
/*
Identifier: APT15 = Mirage = Ke3chang
Author: NCCGroup
Revised by Florian Roth for performance reasons
see https://gist.github.com/Neo23x0/e3d4e316d7441d9143c7
> some rules were untightened
Date: 2018-03-09
Reference: https://github.com/nccgroup/Royal_APT/blob/master/signatures/apt15.yara
*/
rule clean_apt15_patchedcmd{
meta:
author = "Ahmed Zaki"
description = "This is a patched CMD. This is the CMD that RoyalCli uses."
sha256 = "90d1f65cfa51da07e040e066d4409dc8a48c1ab451542c894a623bc75c14bf8f"
strings:
$ = "eisableCMD" wide
$ = "%WINDOWS_COPYRIGHT%" wide
$ = "Cmd.Exe" wide
$ = "Windows Command Processor" wide
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and all of them
}
rule malware_apt15_royalcli_1{
meta:
description = "Generic strings found in the Royal CLI tool"
author = "David Cannings"
sha256 = "6df9b712ff56009810c4000a0ad47e41b7a6183b69416251e060b5c80cd05785"
strings:
$ = "%s~clitemp%08x.tmp" fullword
$ = "%s /c %s>%s" fullword
$ = "%snewcmd.exe" fullword
$ = "%shkcmd.exe" fullword
$ = "%s~clitemp%08x.ini" fullword
$ = "myRObject" fullword
$ = "myWObject" fullword
$ = "2 %s %d 0 %d\x0D\x0A"
$ = "2 %s %d 1 %d\x0D\x0A"
$ = "%s file not exist" fullword
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and 5 of them
}
rule malware_apt15_royalcli_2{
meta:
author = "Nikolaos Pantazopoulos"
description = "APT15 RoyalCli backdoor"
strings:
$string1 = "%shkcmd.exe" fullword
$string2 = "myRObject" fullword
$string3 = "%snewcmd.exe" fullword
$string4 = "%s~clitemp%08x.tmp" fullword
$string6 = "myWObject" fullword
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and 2 of them
}
/*
rule malware_apt15_bs2005{
meta:
author = "Ahmed Zaki"
md5 = "ed21ce2beee56f0a0b1c5a62a80c128b"
description = "APT15 bs2005"
strings:
$ = "%s&%s&%s&%s" wide ascii
$ = "%s\\%s" wide ascii fullword
$ = "WarOnPostRedirect" wide ascii fullword
$ = "WarnonZoneCrossing" wide ascii fullword
$ = "^^^^^" wide ascii fullword
$ = /"?%s\s*"?\s*\/C\s*"?%s\s*>\s*\\?"?%s\\(\w+\.\w+)?"\s*2>&1\s*"?/
$ ="IEharden" wide ascii fullword
$ ="DEPOff" wide ascii fullword
$ ="ShownVerifyBalloon" wide ascii fullword
$ ="IEHardenIENoWarn" wide ascii fullword
condition:
( uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and 5 of them ) or
( uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and 3 of them and
( pe.imports("advapi32.dll", "CryptDecrypt") and pe.imports("advapi32.dll", "CryptEncrypt") and
pe.imports("ole32.dll", "CoCreateInstance")
)
)
}
*/
rule malware_apt15_royaldll {
meta:
author = "David Cannings"
description = "DLL implant, originally rights.dll and runs as a service"
sha256 = "bc937f6e958b339f6925023bc2af375d669084e9551fd3753e501ef26e36b39d"
strings:
/*
56 push esi
B8 A7 C6 67 4E mov eax, 4E67C6A7h
83 C1 02 add ecx, 2
BA 04 00 00 00 mov edx, 4
57 push edi
90 nop
*/
// JSHash implementation (Justin Sobel's hash algorithm)
$opcodes_jshash = { B8 A7 C6 67 4E 83 C1 02 BA 04 00 00 00 57 90 }
/*
0F B6 1C 03 movzx ebx, byte ptr [ebx+eax]
8B 55 08 mov edx, [ebp+arg_0]
30 1C 17 xor [edi+edx], bl
47 inc edi
3B 7D 0C cmp edi, [ebp+arg_4]
72 A4 jb short loc_10003F31
*/
// Encode loop, used to "encrypt" data before DNS request
$opcodes_encode = { 0F B6 1C 03 8B 55 08 30 1C 17 47 3B 7D 0C }
/*
68 88 13 00 00 push 5000 # Also seen 3000, included below
FF D6 call esi ; Sleep
4F dec edi
75 F6 jnz short loc_10001554
*/
// Sleep loop
$opcodes_sleep_loop = { 68 (88|B8) (13|0B) 00 00 FF D6 4F 75 F6 }
// Generic strings
$ = "Nwsapagent" fullword
$ = "\"%s\">>\"%s\"\\s.txt"
$ = "myWObject" fullword
$ = "del c:\\windows\\temp\\r.exe /f /q"
$ = "del c:\\windows\\temp\\r.ini /f /q"
condition:
3 of them
}
rule malware_apt15_royaldll_2 {
meta:
author = "Ahmed Zaki"
sha256 = "bc937f6e958b339f6925023bc2af375d669084e9551fd3753e501ef26e36b39d"
description = "DNS backdoor used by APT15"
strings:
$= "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Svchost" wide ascii
$= "netsvcs" wide ascii fullword
$= "%SystemRoot%\\System32\\svchost.exe -k netsvcs" wide ascii fullword
$= "SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\" wide ascii
$= "myWObject" wide ascii
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and all of them
and pe.exports("ServiceMain")
and filesize > 50KB and filesize < 600KB
}
rule malware_apt15_exchange_tool {
meta:
author = "Ahmed Zaki"
md5 = "d21a7e349e796064ce10f2f6ede31c71"
description = "This is a an exchange enumeration/hijacking tool used by an APT 15"
strings:
$s1= "subjectname" fullword
$s2= "sendername" fullword
$s3= "WebCredentials" fullword
$s4= "ExchangeVersion" fullword
$s5= "ExchangeCredentials" fullword
$s6= "slfilename" fullword
$s7= "EnumMail" fullword
$s8= "EnumFolder" fullword
$s9= "set_Credentials" fullword
$s18 = "/v or /t is null" wide
$s24 = "2013sp1" wide
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and all of them
}
rule malware_apt15_generic {
meta:
author = "David Cannings"
description = "Find generic data potentially relating to AP15 tools"
strings:
// Appears to be from copy/paste code
$str01 = "myWObject" fullword
$str02 = "myRObject" fullword
/*
6A 02 push 2 ; dwCreationDisposition
6A 00 push 0 ; lpSecurityAttributes
6A 00 push 0 ; dwShareMode
68 00 00 00 C0 push 0C0000000h ; dwDesiredAccess
50 push eax ; lpFileName
FF 15 44 F0 00 10 call ds:CreateFileA
*/
// Arguments for CreateFileA
$opcodes01 = { 6A (02|03) 6A 00 6A 00 68 00 00 00 C0 50 FF 15 }
condition:
2 of them
}