WEBSHELL_JSP_Generic

Description

Generic JSP webshell

Query · yara

strings:
        $susp0 = "cmd" fullword nocase ascii wide
        $susp1 = "command" fullword nocase ascii wide
        $susp2 = "shell" fullword nocase ascii wide
        $susp3 = "download" fullword nocase ascii wide
        $susp4 = "upload" fullword nocase ascii wide
        $susp5 = "Execute" fullword nocase ascii wide
        $susp6 = "\"pwd\"" ascii wide
        $susp7 = "\"</pre>" ascii wide
        $susp8 = /\\u00\d\d\\u00\d\d\\u00\d\d\\u00\d\d/ ascii wide
        $susp9 = "*/\\u00" ascii wide // perfect match of 2 obfuscation methods: /**/\u00xx :)

        $fp1 = "command = \"cmd.exe /c set\";"

        //strings from private rule capa_bin_files
        $dex1 = "dex\n0"
        $dex2 = "dey\n0"
        $pack  = { 50 41 43 4b 00 00 00 02 00 }

        //strings from private rule capa_jsp_safe
        $cjsp_short1 = "<%" ascii wide
        $cjsp_short2 = "%>" wide ascii
        $cjsp_long1 = "<jsp:" ascii wide
        $cjsp_long2 = /language=[\"']java[\"\']/ ascii wide
        // JSF
        $cjsp_long3 = "/jstl/core" ascii wide
        $cjsp_long4 = "<%@p" nocase ascii wide
        $cjsp_long5 = "<%@ " nocase ascii wide
        $cjsp_long6 = "<% " ascii wide
        $cjsp_long7 = "< %" ascii wide

        //strings from private rule capa_jsp_input
        // request.getParameter
        $input1 = "getParameter" fullword ascii wide
        // request.getHeaders
        $input2 = "getHeaders" fullword ascii wide
        $input3 = "getInputStream" fullword ascii wide
        $input4 = "getReader" fullword ascii wide
        $req1 = "request" fullword ascii wide
        $req2 = "HttpServletRequest" fullword ascii wide
        $req3 = "getRequest" fullword ascii wide

        //strings from private rule capa_jsp_payload
        $payload1 = "ProcessBuilder" fullword ascii wide
        $payload2 = "processCmd" fullword ascii wide
        // Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
        $rt_payload1 = "Runtime" fullword ascii wide
        $rt_payload2 = "getRuntime" fullword ascii wide
        $rt_payload3 = "exec" fullword ascii wide

    condition:
        filesize < 300KB and not (
        uint16(0) == 0x5a4d or
        $dex1 at 0 or
        $dex2 at 0 or
        $pack at 0 or
        // fp on jar with zero compression
        uint16(0) == 0x4b50
        )
        and (
        $cjsp_short1 at 0 or
            any of ( $cjsp_long* ) or
            ($cjsp_short1 and $cjsp_short2 in ( filesize-100..filesize )) or
        (
            $cjsp_short2 and (
                $cjsp_short1 in ( 0..1000 ) or
                $cjsp_short1 in ( filesize-1000..filesize )
            )
        )
        )
        and (
            any of ( $input* ) and
            any of ( $req* )
        )
        and (
        1 of ( $payload* ) or
        all of ( $rt_payload* )
        )
        and not any of ( $fp* ) and any of ( $susp* )
}

rule WEBSHELL_JSP_Generic_Base64
{
    meta:
        description = "Generic JSP webshell with base64 encoded payload"
        license = "Detection Rule License 1.1 https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/master/LICENSE"
        author = "Arnim Rupp (https://github.com/ruppde)"
        reference = "Internal Research"
        score = 75
        date = "2021/01/24"
        modified = "2025-08-18"
        hash = "8b5fe53f8833df3657ae2eeafb4fd101c05f0db0"
        hash = "1b916afdd415dfa4e77cecf47321fd676ba2184d"

        id = "2eabbad2-7d10-573a-9120-b9b763fa2352"
    strings:
        // Runtime
        $one1 = "SdW50aW1l" wide ascii
        $one2 = "J1bnRpbW" wide ascii
        $one3 = "UnVudGltZ" wide ascii
        $one4 = "IAdQBuAHQAaQBtAGUA" wide ascii
        $one5 = "SAHUAbgB0AGkAbQBlA" wide ascii
        $one6 = "UgB1AG4AdABpAG0AZQ" wide ascii
        // exec
        $two1 = "leGVj" wide ascii
        $two2 = "V4ZW" wide ascii
        $two3 = "ZXhlY" wide ascii
        $two4 = "UAeABlAGMA" wide ascii
        $two5 = "lAHgAZQBjA" wide ascii
        $two6 = "ZQB4AGUAYw" wide ascii
        // ScriptEngineFactory
        $three1 = "TY3JpcHRFbmdpbmVGYWN0b3J5" wide ascii
        $three2 = "NjcmlwdEVuZ2luZUZhY3Rvcn" wide ascii
        $three3 = "U2NyaXB0RW5naW5lRmFjdG9ye" wide ascii
        $three4 = "MAYwByAGkAcAB0AEUAbgBnAGkAbgBlAEYAYQBjAHQAbwByAHkA" wide ascii
        $three5 = "TAGMAcgBpAHAAdABFAG4AZwBpAG4AZQBGAGEAYwB0AG8AcgB5A" wide ascii
        $three6 = "UwBjAHIAaQBwAHQARQBuAGcAaQBuAGUARgBhAGMAdABvAHIAeQ" wide ascii


        //strings from private rule capa_jsp_safe
        $cjsp_short1 = "<%" ascii wide
        $cjsp_short2 = "%>" wide ascii
        $cjsp_long1 = "<jsp:" ascii wide
        $cjsp_long2 = /language=[\"']java[\"\']/ ascii wide
        // JSF
        $cjsp_long3 = "/jstl/core" ascii wide
        $cjsp_long4 = "<%@p" nocase ascii wide
        $cjsp_long5 = "<%@ " nocase ascii wide
        $cjsp_long6 = "<% " ascii wide
        $cjsp_long7 = "< %" ascii wide

        //strings from private rule capa_bin_files
        $dex1 = "dex\n0"
        $dex2 = "dey\n0"
        $pack  = { 50 41 43 4b 00 00 00 02 00 }

    condition:
        (
        $cjsp_short1 at 0 or
            any of ( $cjsp_long* ) or
            ($cjsp_short1 and $cjsp_short2 in ( filesize-100..filesize )) or
        (
            $cjsp_short2 and (
                $cjsp_short1 in ( 0..1000 ) or
                $cjsp_short1 in ( filesize-1000..filesize )
            )
        )
        )
        and not (
        uint16(0) == 0x5a4d or
        $dex1 at 0 or
        $dex2 at 0 or
        $pack at 0 or
        // fp on jar with zero compression
        uint16(0) == 0x4b50
        )
        and filesize < 300KB and
        ( any of ( $one* ) and any of ( $two* ) or any of ( $three* ) )
}

rule WEBSHELL_JSP_Generic_ProcessBuilder
{
    meta:
        description = "Generic JSP webshell which uses processbuilder to execute user input"
        license = "Detection Rule License 1.1 https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/master/LICENSE"
        author = "Arnim Rupp (https://github.com/ruppde)"
        reference = "Internal Research"
        score = 75
        date = "2021/01/07"
        modified = "2023-04-05"
        hash = "82198670ac2072cd5c2853d59dcd0f8dfcc28923"
        hash = "c05a520d96e4ebf9eb5c73fc0fa446ceb5caf343"
        hash = "347a55c174ee39ec912d9107e971d740f3208d53af43ea480f502d177106bbe8"
        hash = "d0ba29b646274e8cda5be1b940a38d248880d9e2bba11d994d4392c80d6b65bd"

        id = "2a7c5f44-24a1-5f43-996e-945c209b79b1"
    strings:
        $exec = "ProcessBuilder" fullword wide ascii
        $start = "start" fullword wide ascii

        //strings from private rule capa_jsp_input
        // request.getParameter
        $input1 = "getParameter" fullword ascii wide
        // request.getHeaders
        $input2 = "getHeaders" fullword ascii wide
        $input3 = "getInputStream" fullword ascii wide
        $input4 = "getReader" fullword ascii wide
        $req1 = "request" fullword ascii wide
        $req2 = "HttpServletRequest" fullword ascii wide
        $req3 = "getRequest" fullword ascii wide

    condition:
        filesize < 2000 and (
            any of ( $input* ) and
            any of ( $req* )
        )
        and $exec and $start
Raw source WEBSHELL_JSP_Generic · YARA
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Published by Neo23x0/signature-base ↗, licensed under Detection Rule License 1.1 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified. 
rule WEBSHELL_JSP_Generic
{
    meta:
        description = "Generic JSP webshell"
        license = "Detection Rule License 1.1 https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/master/LICENSE"
        author = "Arnim Rupp (https://github.com/ruppde)"
        reference = "Internal Research"
        score = 75
        date = "2021/01/07"
        modified = "2025-08-18"
        hash = "4762f36ca01fb9cda2ab559623d2206f401fc0b1"
        hash = "bdaf9279b3d9e07e955d0ce706d9c42e4bdf9aa1"
        hash = "ee9408eb923f2d16f606a5aaac7e16b009797a07"

        id = "7535ade8-fc65-5558-a72c-cc14c3306390"
    strings:
        $susp0 = "cmd" fullword nocase ascii wide
        $susp1 = "command" fullword nocase ascii wide
        $susp2 = "shell" fullword nocase ascii wide
        $susp3 = "download" fullword nocase ascii wide
        $susp4 = "upload" fullword nocase ascii wide
        $susp5 = "Execute" fullword nocase ascii wide
        $susp6 = "\"pwd\"" ascii wide
        $susp7 = "\"</pre>" ascii wide
        $susp8 = /\\u00\d\d\\u00\d\d\\u00\d\d\\u00\d\d/ ascii wide
        $susp9 = "*/\\u00" ascii wide // perfect match of 2 obfuscation methods: /**/\u00xx :)

        $fp1 = "command = \"cmd.exe /c set\";"

        //strings from private rule capa_bin_files
        $dex1 = "dex\n0"
        $dex2 = "dey\n0"
        $pack  = { 50 41 43 4b 00 00 00 02 00 }

        //strings from private rule capa_jsp_safe
        $cjsp_short1 = "<%" ascii wide
        $cjsp_short2 = "%>" wide ascii
        $cjsp_long1 = "<jsp:" ascii wide
        $cjsp_long2 = /language=[\"']java[\"\']/ ascii wide
        // JSF
        $cjsp_long3 = "/jstl/core" ascii wide
        $cjsp_long4 = "<%@p" nocase ascii wide
        $cjsp_long5 = "<%@ " nocase ascii wide
        $cjsp_long6 = "<% " ascii wide
        $cjsp_long7 = "< %" ascii wide

        //strings from private rule capa_jsp_input
        // request.getParameter
        $input1 = "getParameter" fullword ascii wide
        // request.getHeaders
        $input2 = "getHeaders" fullword ascii wide
        $input3 = "getInputStream" fullword ascii wide
        $input4 = "getReader" fullword ascii wide
        $req1 = "request" fullword ascii wide
        $req2 = "HttpServletRequest" fullword ascii wide
        $req3 = "getRequest" fullword ascii wide

        //strings from private rule capa_jsp_payload
        $payload1 = "ProcessBuilder" fullword ascii wide
        $payload2 = "processCmd" fullword ascii wide
        // Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
        $rt_payload1 = "Runtime" fullword ascii wide
        $rt_payload2 = "getRuntime" fullword ascii wide
        $rt_payload3 = "exec" fullword ascii wide

    condition:
        filesize < 300KB and not (
        uint16(0) == 0x5a4d or
        $dex1 at 0 or
        $dex2 at 0 or
        $pack at 0 or
        // fp on jar with zero compression
        uint16(0) == 0x4b50
        )
        and (
        $cjsp_short1 at 0 or
            any of ( $cjsp_long* ) or
            ($cjsp_short1 and $cjsp_short2 in ( filesize-100..filesize )) or
        (
            $cjsp_short2 and (
                $cjsp_short1 in ( 0..1000 ) or
                $cjsp_short1 in ( filesize-1000..filesize )
            )
        )
        )
        and (
            any of ( $input* ) and
            any of ( $req* )
        )
        and (
        1 of ( $payload* ) or
        all of ( $rt_payload* )
        )
        and not any of ( $fp* ) and any of ( $susp* )
}

rule WEBSHELL_JSP_Generic_Base64
{
    meta:
        description = "Generic JSP webshell with base64 encoded payload"
        license = "Detection Rule License 1.1 https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/master/LICENSE"
        author = "Arnim Rupp (https://github.com/ruppde)"
        reference = "Internal Research"
        score = 75
        date = "2021/01/24"
        modified = "2025-08-18"
        hash = "8b5fe53f8833df3657ae2eeafb4fd101c05f0db0"
        hash = "1b916afdd415dfa4e77cecf47321fd676ba2184d"

        id = "2eabbad2-7d10-573a-9120-b9b763fa2352"
    strings:
        // Runtime
        $one1 = "SdW50aW1l" wide ascii
        $one2 = "J1bnRpbW" wide ascii
        $one3 = "UnVudGltZ" wide ascii
        $one4 = "IAdQBuAHQAaQBtAGUA" wide ascii
        $one5 = "SAHUAbgB0AGkAbQBlA" wide ascii
        $one6 = "UgB1AG4AdABpAG0AZQ" wide ascii
        // exec
        $two1 = "leGVj" wide ascii
        $two2 = "V4ZW" wide ascii
        $two3 = "ZXhlY" wide ascii
        $two4 = "UAeABlAGMA" wide ascii
        $two5 = "lAHgAZQBjA" wide ascii
        $two6 = "ZQB4AGUAYw" wide ascii
        // ScriptEngineFactory
        $three1 = "TY3JpcHRFbmdpbmVGYWN0b3J5" wide ascii
        $three2 = "NjcmlwdEVuZ2luZUZhY3Rvcn" wide ascii
        $three3 = "U2NyaXB0RW5naW5lRmFjdG9ye" wide ascii
        $three4 = "MAYwByAGkAcAB0AEUAbgBnAGkAbgBlAEYAYQBjAHQAbwByAHkA" wide ascii
        $three5 = "TAGMAcgBpAHAAdABFAG4AZwBpAG4AZQBGAGEAYwB0AG8AcgB5A" wide ascii
        $three6 = "UwBjAHIAaQBwAHQARQBuAGcAaQBuAGUARgBhAGMAdABvAHIAeQ" wide ascii


        //strings from private rule capa_jsp_safe
        $cjsp_short1 = "<%" ascii wide
        $cjsp_short2 = "%>" wide ascii
        $cjsp_long1 = "<jsp:" ascii wide
        $cjsp_long2 = /language=[\"']java[\"\']/ ascii wide
        // JSF
        $cjsp_long3 = "/jstl/core" ascii wide
        $cjsp_long4 = "<%@p" nocase ascii wide
        $cjsp_long5 = "<%@ " nocase ascii wide
        $cjsp_long6 = "<% " ascii wide
        $cjsp_long7 = "< %" ascii wide

        //strings from private rule capa_bin_files
        $dex1 = "dex\n0"
        $dex2 = "dey\n0"
        $pack  = { 50 41 43 4b 00 00 00 02 00 }

    condition:
        (
        $cjsp_short1 at 0 or
            any of ( $cjsp_long* ) or
            ($cjsp_short1 and $cjsp_short2 in ( filesize-100..filesize )) or
        (
            $cjsp_short2 and (
                $cjsp_short1 in ( 0..1000 ) or
                $cjsp_short1 in ( filesize-1000..filesize )
            )
        )
        )
        and not (
        uint16(0) == 0x5a4d or
        $dex1 at 0 or
        $dex2 at 0 or
        $pack at 0 or
        // fp on jar with zero compression
        uint16(0) == 0x4b50
        )
        and filesize < 300KB and
        ( any of ( $one* ) and any of ( $two* ) or any of ( $three* ) )
}

rule WEBSHELL_JSP_Generic_ProcessBuilder
{
    meta:
        description = "Generic JSP webshell which uses processbuilder to execute user input"
        license = "Detection Rule License 1.1 https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/master/LICENSE"
        author = "Arnim Rupp (https://github.com/ruppde)"
        reference = "Internal Research"
        score = 75
        date = "2021/01/07"
        modified = "2023-04-05"
        hash = "82198670ac2072cd5c2853d59dcd0f8dfcc28923"
        hash = "c05a520d96e4ebf9eb5c73fc0fa446ceb5caf343"
        hash = "347a55c174ee39ec912d9107e971d740f3208d53af43ea480f502d177106bbe8"
        hash = "d0ba29b646274e8cda5be1b940a38d248880d9e2bba11d994d4392c80d6b65bd"

        id = "2a7c5f44-24a1-5f43-996e-945c209b79b1"
    strings:
        $exec = "ProcessBuilder" fullword wide ascii
        $start = "start" fullword wide ascii

        //strings from private rule capa_jsp_input
        // request.getParameter
        $input1 = "getParameter" fullword ascii wide
        // request.getHeaders
        $input2 = "getHeaders" fullword ascii wide
        $input3 = "getInputStream" fullword ascii wide
        $input4 = "getReader" fullword ascii wide
        $req1 = "request" fullword ascii wide
        $req2 = "HttpServletRequest" fullword ascii wide
        $req3 = "getRequest" fullword ascii wide

    condition:
        filesize < 2000 and (
            any of ( $input* ) and
            any of ( $req* )
        )
        and $exec and $start
}

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