infected_09_25_18_site_version
YARA-2018-3633
Medium
general
Active
shell2 - file site-version.php
infected_09_25_18_site_version.yar
Valid Syntax
/*
Yara Rule Set
Author: Brian Laskowski
Date: 2018-09-25
Identifier: shell2
Reference: https://github.com/Hestat/lw-yara/
*/
/* Rule Set ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
rule infected_09_25_18_site_version {
meta:
description = "shell2 - file site-version.php"
author = "Brian Laskowski"
reference = "https://github.com/Hestat/lw-yara/"
date = "2018-09-25"
hash1 = "b131f3261fd40891decdcc5df429b2abb50cb12827a94cbaf994e29974affd38"
strings:
$s1 = "* Show Site Version Administration Settings" fullword ascii
$s2 = "/** Show Enrcypted WordPress Version */" fullword ascii
$s3 = "$p28 = \"\\x70\\x72\\x65\\x67\\x5F\\x72\\x65\\x70\\x6C\\x61\\x63\\x65\";" fullword ascii
$s4 = "if ($_REQUEST['wp_version_info']) {" fullword ascii
condition:
( uint16(0) == 0x3f3c and
filesize < 1KB and
( all of them )
) or ( all of them )
}
rule infected_09_25_18_Parser {
meta:
description = "shell2 - file Parser.php"
author = "Brian Laskowski"
reference = "https://github.com/Hestat/lw-yara/"
date = "2018-09-25"
hash1 = "bc3658527871f653b7034dc05e4e5f5f589723e273da2fc7a9ea6c4045e6dc7f"
strings:
$s1 = "* Descriptor" fullword ascii
$s2 = "* Request Parser Variables" fullword ascii
$s3 = "* Show Parser UTF-8 Chars" fullword ascii
$s4 = "$p28 = \"\\x70\\x72\\x65\\x67\\x5F\\x72\\x65\\x70\\x6C\\x61\\x63\\x65\";" fullword ascii
$s5 = "* Router" fullword ascii
condition:
( uint16(0) == 0x3f3c and
filesize < 40KB and
( all of them )
) or ( all of them )
}
rule infected_09_25_18_webr00tv3 {
meta:
description = "shell2 - file webr00tv3.php"
author = "Brian Laskowski"
reference = "https://github.com/Hestat/lw-yara/"
date = "2018-09-25"
hash1 = "c9c6155d2f88fe2e651768dd1f5dc69fb8470c612dd46488d2b475a004036026"
strings:
$x1 = "<?php $OOO000000=urldecode('%66%67%36%73%62%65%68%70%72%61%34%63%6f%5f%74%6e%64');$OOO0000O0=$OOO000000{4}.$OOO000000{9}.$OOO000" ascii
$s2 = "SUlsSUk9J2ZpbGUnOyRJSUlJSUlJSUlJMUk9J3N5bWxpbmsnOyRJSUlJSUlJSUlJbDE9J2Z3cml0ZSc7JElJSUlJSUlJSUlsbD0nZm9wZW4nOyRJSUlJSUlJSUlJSWw9" ascii /* base64 encoded string 'IIlII='file';$IIIIIIIIII1I='symlink';$IIIIIIIIIIl1='fwrite';$IIIIIIIIIIll='fopen';$IIIIIIIIIIIl=' */
$s3 = "SUlJSWwxSTFJPSdoaWdobGlnaHRfZmlsZSc7JElJSUlJSUlsMUlsMT0nc2hvd19zb3VyY2UnOyRJSUlJSUlJbDFJbGw9J2h0bWxlbnRpdGllcyc7JElJSUlJSUlsMUls" ascii /* base64 encoded string 'IIIIl1I1I='highlight_file';$IIIIIIIl1Il1='show_source';$IIIIIIIl1Ill='htmlentities';$IIIIIIIl1Il' */
$s4 = "bGxsSUk9J2h0bWxzcGVjaWFsY2hhcnMnOyRJSUlJSUlJbGxJSTE9J2NobW9kJzskSUlJSUlJSWxsSUlsPSdiYXNlNjRfZGVjb2RlJzskSUlJSUlJSWxJMTFJPSdmY2xv" ascii /* base64 encoded string 'lllII='htmlspecialchars';$IIIIIIIllII1='chmod';$IIIIIIIllIIl='base64_decode';$IIIIIIIlI11I='fclo' */
$s5 = "ST0nZnJlYWQnOyRJSUlJSUlJbGwxbGw9J3N0cmlwY3NsYXNoZXMnOyRJSUlJSUlJbGwxSTE9J2ZpbGVzaXplJzskSUlJSUlJSWxsMUlJPSd1bmxpbmsnOyRJSUlJSUlJ" ascii /* base64 encoded string 'I='fread';$IIIIIIIll1ll='stripcslashes';$IIIIIIIll1I1='filesize';$IIIIIIIll1II='unlink';$IIIIIII' */
$s6 = "tUHBRcVNzVnZYeFp6MDEyMzQ1Njc4OSsvPScsJ0FCQ0RFRkdISUpLTE1OT1BRUlNUVVZXWFlaYWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXowMTIzNDU2Nzg5Ky8nKSk" ascii /* base64 encoded string 'PpQqSsVvXxZz0123456789+/=','ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/'))' */
$s7 = "c2VyX2Fib3J0JzskSUlJSUlJSTFJbEkxPSdpc19maWxlJzskSUlJSUlJSTFJSTFsPSdteXNxbF9xdWVyeSc7JElJSUlJSUkxSUlsMT0nbXlzcWxfY29ubmVjdCc7JElJ" ascii /* base64 encoded string 'ser_abort';$IIIIIII1IlI1='is_file';$IIIIIII1II1l='mysql_query';$IIIIIII1IIl1='mysql_connect';$II' */
$s8 = "ZXhlYyc7JElJSUlJSUlsSUlsST0nY3VybF9zZXRvcHQnOyRJSUlJSUlJbElJSTE9J2N1cmxfaW5pdCc7JElJSUlJSUlJMTExST0nc3ByaW50Zic7JElJSUlJSUlJMWxs" ascii /* base64 encoded string 'exec';$IIIIIIIlIIlI='curl_setopt';$IIIIIIIlIII1='curl_init';$IIIIIIII111I='sprintf';$IIIIIIII1ll' */
$s9 = "MUlJbD0ncGNsb3NlJzskSUlJSUlJSTExSUlJPSdmZ2V0cyc7JElJSUlJSUkxbDExbD0nZmVvZic7JElJSUlJSUkxbDExST0ncG9wZW4nOyRJSUlJSUlJMWwxSUk9J3Jv" ascii /* base64 encoded string '1IIl='pclose';$IIIIIII11III='fgets';$IIIIIII1l11l='feof';$IIIIIII1l11I='popen';$IIIIIII1l1II='ro' */
$s10 = "bGxsMTE9J3JtZGlyJzskSUlJSUlJSWxsbDFsPSdjb3VudCc7JElJSUlJSUlsbGxsMT0nZXhwbG9kZSc7JElJSUlJSUlsbGxJbD0naXNfd3JpdGFibGUnOyRJSUlJSUlJ" ascii /* base64 encoded string 'lll11='rmdir';$IIIIIIIlll1l='count';$IIIIIIIllll1='explode';$IIIIIIIlllIl='is_writable';$IIIIIII' */
$s11 = "dW5kJzskSUlJSUlJSTFsbDFJPSdmc29ja29wZW4nOyRJSUlJSUlJMWxsbDE9J3JhbmQnOyRJSUlJSUlJMWxJMTE9J3RpbWUnOyRJSUlJSUlJMWxJbDE9J2lnbm9yZV91" ascii /* base64 encoded string 'und';$IIIIIII1ll1I='fsockopen';$IIIIIII1lll1='rand';$IIIIIII1lI11='time';$IIIIIII1lIl1='ignore_u' */
$s12 = "XHr8Xk10Pk1nuBmcJdlymBTw5F2wzUTlDH0pSBlF0h1f5foOkWzavcrfoDlLZampjGAkBC0f4fllbABfUa1kXCLfUFrleYeiHHlp2CM5Oh1nyUlYWcz09kZL7tm0hcBx" ascii
$s13 = "wME8wPSRPT08wMDAwTzAoJE9PTzAwMDAwTygkTzBPMDBPTzAwKCRPMDAwTzBPMDAsMHgxN2MpLCdFbnRlcnlvdXdraFJIWUtOV09VVEFhQmJDY0RkRmZHZ0lpSmpMbE1" ascii /* base64 encoded string '0O0=$OOO0000O0($OOO00000O($O0O00OO00($O000O0O00,0x17c),'EnteryouwkhRHYKNWOUTAaBbCcDdFfGgIiJjLlM' */
$s14 = "ST0nb3JkJzskSUlJSUlJSUkxSUkxPSdzdHJwb3MnOyRJSUlJSUlJSUkxSUk9J2ZpbGVvd25lcic7JElJSUlJSUlJSWwxMT0ncG9zaXhfZ2V0cHd1aWQnOyRJSUlJSUlJ" ascii /* base64 encoded string 'I='ord';$IIIIIIII1II1='strpos';$IIIIIIIII1II='fileowner';$IIIIIIIIIl11='posix_getpwuid';$IIIIIII' */
$s15 = "yceOlazy5T1OBByOVFyiJBrP0C25DAacwOllBO3OQTliDGaCZHB9AaLczCznaYypocrxUOMOZCM1Da1pBFyfjHeaDCznyf1aQAmpJalpXT1OBDlcQBbiLaMIza1amHBO" ascii
$s16 = "SUlJSUlsMTExbD0nZXJlZyc7JElJSUlJSUlsMWwxMT0ncHJlZ19tYXRjaCc7JElJSUlJSUlsMWwxbD0naXNfZGlyJzskSUlJSUlJSWwxbGxsPSdpbmlfZ2V0JzskSUlJ" ascii /* base64 encoded string 'IIIIIl111l='ereg';$IIIIIIIl1l11='preg_match';$IIIIIIIl1l1l='is_dir';$IIIIIIIl1lll='ini_get';$III' */
$s17 = "SUlJSTExbDFsPSdjb3B5JzskSUlJSUlJSTExbEkxPSd1cmxlbmNvZGUnOyRJSUlJSUlJMTFJMWw9J2hlYWRlcic7JElJSUlJSUkxMUkxST0nZXhlYyc7JElJSUlJSUkx" ascii /* base64 encoded string 'IIII11l1l='copy';$IIIIIII11lI1='urlencode';$IIIIIII11I1l='header';$IIIIIII11I1I='exec';$IIIIIII1' */
$s18 = "SUlsMUk9J3RyaW0nOyRJSUlJSUlJSUlsbDE9J2ZsdXNoJzskSUlJSUlJSUlJbGxJPSdwcmVnX21hdGNoX2FsbCc7JElJSUlJSUlJSWxJMT0nZXJlZ2knOyRJSUlJSUlJ" ascii /* base64 encoded string 'IIl1I='trim';$IIIIIIIIIll1='flush';$IIIIIIIIIllI='preg_match_all';$IIIIIIIIIlI1='eregi';$IIIIIII' */
$s19 = "c2UnOyRJSUlJSUlJbEkxSWw9J2NoZGlyJzskSUlJSUlJSWxJbGxsPSdzdWJzdHInOyRJSUlJSUlJbElJMUk9J2N1cmxfY2xvc2UnOyRJSUlJSUlJbElJbDE9J2N1cmxf" ascii /* base64 encoded string 'se';$IIIIIIIlI1Il='chdir';$IIIIIIIlIlll='substr';$IIIIIIIlII1I='curl_close';$IIIIIIIlIIl1='curl_' */
$s20 = "uGoicHlavUBx3dLlpf2lhGAlzULfSfapuajORauYRULfKGBaCWjnkW0r5UAYhY1ieAjfDBypPtMkeDolcBr5STMpUclpuaMpJHlkSU0c3dLlQF0shO055caitHrleYel" ascii
condition:
( uint16(0) == 0x3f3c and
filesize < 1000KB and
( 1 of ($x*) and 4 of them )
) or ( all of them )
}
Rule Metadata
description
shell2 - file site-version.php
author
Brian Laskowski
reference
https://github.com/Hestat/lw-yara/
date
2018-09-25
hash1
b131f3261fd40891decdcc5df429b2abb50cb12827a94cbaf994e29974affd38
String Definitions
{"name":"$s1","value":"\"* Show Site Version Administration Settings\" fullword ascii"}
{"name":"$s2","value":"\"\/** Show Enrcypted WordPress Version *\/\" fullword ascii"}
{"name":"$s3","value":"\""}
{"name":"$p28","value":"\\\"\\\\x70\\\\x72\\\\x65\\\\x67\\\\x5F\\\\x72\\\\x65\\\\x70\\\\x6C\\\\x61\\\\x63\\\\x65\\\";\" fullword ascii"}
{"name":"$s4","value":"\"if ("}
Threat Analysis
This YARA rule is designed to detect general threats.
Severity Level: Medium
The rule uses pattern matching to identify specific byte sequences, strings, or behavioral patterns associated with malicious activity.
Detection Capabilities
- File-based detection for executables and documents
- Memory scanning for running processes
- Network traffic analysis support
Command Line Usage
# Scan a single file yara infected_09_25_18_site_version.yar /path/to/suspicious/file # Scan a directory recursively yara -r infected_09_25_18_site_version.yar /path/to/directory/ # Scan with metadata output yara -m infected_09_25_18_site_version.yar target_file # Scan process memory (Linux) yara infected_09_25_18_site_version.yar /proc/[pid]/exe
Integration Examples
Python (yara-python)
import yara
rules = yara.compile(filepath='infected_09_25_18_site_version.yar')
matches = rules.match('/path/to/file')
ClamAV Integration
clamscan --yara-rules=infected_09_25_18_site_version.yar /path/to/scan
Rule Information
YARA ID
YARA-2018-3633
Author
Repository
Created
August 19, 2025
Last Updated
August 19, 2025
Last Imported
Never
Threat Intelligence
Risk Level
Medium
Category
general
Detection Confidence
Analysis Pending
False Positive Rate
Not Available
Last Seen in Wild
No Data
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