ET MALWARE ContEXE Stealer Data Exfiltration - C2 Response


Query · suricata

flow:established,to_client;
xbits:isset,ET.ContEXE_Stealer,track ip_pair;
http.stat_code;
content:"200";
file.data;
content:"|22|job_id|22|";
content:"|22|status|22|";
content:"|22|part|22|";
content:"|22|parts_count|22|"; fast_pattern;
content:"|22|size_bytes|22|";
target:dest_ip;

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Raw source ET MALWARE ContEXE Stealer Data Exfiltration - C2 Response · Suricata
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Published by Emerging Threats Open ↗, licensed under BSD 3-Clause ↗. Line breaks added for readability; the rule is otherwise unchanged.
alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (
    msg:"ET MALWARE ContEXE Stealer Data Exfiltration - C2 Response";
    flow:established,to_client;
    xbits:isset,ET.ContEXE_Stealer,track ip_pair;
    http.stat_code;
    content:"200";
    file.data;
    content:"|22|job_id|22|";
    content:"|22|status|22|";
    content:"|22|part|22|";
    content:"|22|parts_count|22|"; fast_pattern;
    content:"|22|size_bytes|22|";
    reference:md5,9c1d8a309c1ef2d781c5503cfcd96f53;
    reference:md5,ccfcb42c83ff8315662d54c560a2c8e2;
    classtype:trojan-activity;
    sid:2072374; rev:1;
    metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, affected_product Windows_11, attack_target Client_Endpoint, tls_state TLSDecrypt, created_at 2026_10_06, deployment Perimeter, deployment SSLDecrypt, malware_family ContEXE_Stealer, performance_impact Low, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Stealer, updated_at 2026_10_06, mitre_tactic_id TA0009, mitre_tactic_name Collection, mitre_technique_id T1005, mitre_technique_name Data_from_local_system;
    target:dest_ip;
)

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