iexplore_ANOMALY


Description

Abnormal iexplore.exe - typical strings not found in file

Query · yara

strings:
      $win2003_win7_u1 = "IEXPLORE.EXE" wide nocase
      $win2003_win7_u2 = "Internet Explorer" wide fullword
      $win2003_win7_u3 = "translation" wide fullword nocase
      $win2003_win7_u4 = "varfileinfo" wide fullword nocase
   condition:
      filename == "iexplore.exe"
      and uint16(0) == 0x5a4d
      and not filepath contains "teamviewer"
      and not 1 of ($win*) and not WINDOWS_UPDATE_BDC
      and filepath contains "C:\\"
      and not filepath contains "Package_for_RollupFix"

Rule dependencies

Depends on

Raw source iexplore_ANOMALY · YARA
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Published by Neo23x0/signature-base ↗, licensed under Detection Rule License 1.1 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
rule iexplore_ANOMALY {
   meta:
      author = "Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)"
      description = "Abnormal iexplore.exe - typical strings not found in file"
      date = "23/04/2014"
      score = 55
      nodeepdive = 1
      id = "ea436608-d191-5058-b844-025e48082edc"
   strings:
      $win2003_win7_u1 = "IEXPLORE.EXE" wide nocase
      $win2003_win7_u2 = "Internet Explorer" wide fullword
      $win2003_win7_u3 = "translation" wide fullword nocase
      $win2003_win7_u4 = "varfileinfo" wide fullword nocase
   condition:
      filename == "iexplore.exe"
      and uint16(0) == 0x5a4d
      and not filepath contains "teamviewer"
      and not 1 of ($win*) and not WINDOWS_UPDATE_BDC
      and filepath contains "C:\\"
      and not filepath contains "Package_for_RollupFix"
}

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