SUSP_RAR_with_PDF_Script_Obfuscation


Description

Detects RAR file with suspicious .pdf extension prefix to trick users

Query · yara

strings:
      $s1 = ".pdf.vbe" ascii
      $s2 = ".pdf.vbs" ascii
      $s3 = ".pdf.ps1" ascii
      $s4 = ".pdf.bat" ascii
      $s5 = ".pdf.exe" ascii
   condition:
      uint32(0) == 0x21726152 and 1 of them
Raw source SUSP_RAR_with_PDF_Script_Obfuscation · YARA
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rule SUSP_RAR_with_PDF_Script_Obfuscation {
   meta:
      description = "Detects RAR file with suspicious .pdf extension prefix to trick users"
      author = "Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)"
      reference = "Internal Research"
      date = "2019-04-06"
      hash1 = "b629b46b009a1c2306178e289ad0a3d9689d4b45c3d16804599f23c90c6bca5b"
      id = "a3d2f5e9-3052-551b-8b2c-abcdd1ac2e48"
   strings:
      $s1 = ".pdf.vbe" ascii
      $s2 = ".pdf.vbs" ascii
      $s3 = ".pdf.ps1" ascii
      $s4 = ".pdf.bat" ascii
      $s5 = ".pdf.exe" ascii
   condition:
      uint32(0) == 0x21726152 and 1 of them
}

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