taskmgr_ANOMALY
Description
Anomaly rule looking for certain strings in a system file (maybe false positive on certain systems) - file taskmgr.exe
Query · yara
strings:
$s0 = "Windows Task Manager" fullword wide
$s1 = "taskmgr.chm" fullword
$s2 = "TmEndTaskHandler::" ascii
$s3 = "CM_Request_Eject_PC" /* Win XP */
$s4 = "NTShell Taskman Startup Mutex" fullword wide
condition:
( filename == "taskmgr.exe" or filename == "Taskmgr.exe" ) and not 1 of ($s*) and not WINDOWS_UPDATE_BDC
and uint16(0) == 0x5a4d
and filepath contains "C:\\"
and not filepath contains "Package_for_RollupFix"
Rule dependencies
Depends on
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composes · YARA private rule
WINDOWS_UPDATE_BDC