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Add 'RegBinary' behavioural signature to allow detection of PE images…
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… written to registry (for ctxis#164)
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kevoreilly committed Oct 17, 2018
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108 changes: 68 additions & 40 deletions modules/signatures/CAPE.py
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PLUGX_SIGNATURE = 0x5658

def IsPEImage(buf, size):
dos_header = buf[:DOS_HEADER_LIMIT]
nt_headers = None

if size < PE_HEADER_LIMIT:
return False

# Check for sane value in e_lfanew
e_lfanew, = struct.unpack("<L", dos_header[60:64])
if not e_lfanew or e_lfanew > PE_HEADER_LIMIT:
offset = 0
while offset < PE_HEADER_LIMIT-86:
machine_probe = struct.unpack("<H", buf[offset:offset+2])[0]
if machine_probe == IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 or machine_probe == IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_AMD64:
nt_headers = buf[offset-4:offset+252]
break
offset = offset + 2
else:
nt_headers = buf[e_lfanew:e_lfanew+256]

if nt_headers == None:
return False

#if ((pNtHeader->FileHeader.Machine == 0) || (pNtHeader->FileHeader.SizeOfOptionalHeader == 0 || pNtHeader->OptionalHeader.SizeOfHeaders == 0))
if struct.unpack("<H", nt_headers[4:6]) == 0 or struct.unpack("<H", nt_headers[20:22]) == 0 or struct.unpack("<H", nt_headers[84:86]) == 0:
return False

#if (!(pNtHeader->FileHeader.Characteristics & IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE))
if (struct.unpack("<H", nt_headers[22:24])[0] & IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE) == 0:
return False

#if (pNtHeader->FileHeader.SizeOfOptionalHeader & (sizeof (ULONG_PTR) - 1))
if struct.unpack("<H", nt_headers[20:22])[0] & 3 != 0:
return False

#if ((pNtHeader->OptionalHeader.Magic != IMAGE_NT_OPTIONAL_HDR32_MAGIC) && (pNtHeader->OptionalHeader.Magic != IMAGE_NT_OPTIONAL_HDR64_MAGIC))
if struct.unpack("<H", nt_headers[24:26])[0] != OPTIONAL_HEADER_MAGIC_PE and struct.unpack("<H", nt_headers[24:26])[0] != OPTIONAL_HEADER_MAGIC_PE_PLUS:
return False

# To pass the above tests it should now be safe to assume it's a PE image
return True

class CAPE_Compression(Signature):
name = "Compression"
description = "Behavioural detection: Decompression of executable module(s)."
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if call["api"] == "RtlDecompressBuffer":
buf = self.get_raw_argument(call, "UncompressedBuffer")
size = int(self.get_raw_argument(call, "UncompressedBufferLength"), 0)
dos_header = buf[:DOS_HEADER_LIMIT]
nt_headers = None
self.compressed_binary = IsPEImage(buf, size)

if size < PE_HEADER_LIMIT:
return

# Check for sane value in e_lfanew
e_lfanew, = struct.unpack("<L", dos_header[60:64])
if not e_lfanew or e_lfanew > PE_HEADER_LIMIT:
offset = 0
while offset < PE_HEADER_LIMIT-86:
machine_probe = struct.unpack("<H", buf[offset:offset+2])[0]
if machine_probe == IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 or machine_probe == IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_AMD64:
nt_headers = buf[offset-4:offset+252]
break
offset = offset + 2
else:
nt_headers = buf[e_lfanew:e_lfanew+256]

if nt_headers == None:
return

#if ((pNtHeader->FileHeader.Machine == 0) || (pNtHeader->FileHeader.SizeOfOptionalHeader == 0 || pNtHeader->OptionalHeader.SizeOfHeaders == 0))
if struct.unpack("<H", nt_headers[4:6]) == 0 or struct.unpack("<H", nt_headers[20:22]) == 0 or struct.unpack("<H", nt_headers[84:86]) == 0:
return

#if (!(pNtHeader->FileHeader.Characteristics & IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE))
if (struct.unpack("<H", nt_headers[22:24])[0] & IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE) == 0:
return

#if (pNtHeader->FileHeader.SizeOfOptionalHeader & (sizeof (ULONG_PTR) - 1))
if struct.unpack("<H", nt_headers[20:22])[0] & 3 != 0:
return

#if ((pNtHeader->OptionalHeader.Magic != IMAGE_NT_OPTIONAL_HDR32_MAGIC) && (pNtHeader->OptionalHeader.Magic != IMAGE_NT_OPTIONAL_HDR64_MAGIC))
if struct.unpack("<H", nt_headers[24:26])[0] != OPTIONAL_HEADER_MAGIC_PE and struct.unpack("<H", nt_headers[24:26])[0] != OPTIONAL_HEADER_MAGIC_PE_PLUS:
return

# To pass the above tests it should now be safe to assume it's a PE image
self.compressed_binary = True

def on_complete(self):
if self.compressed_binary == True:
return True

class CAPE_RegBinary(Signature):
name = "RegBinary"
description = "Behavioural detection: PE binary written to registry."
severity = 1
categories = ["malware"]
authors = ["kevoreilly"]
minimum = "1.3"
evented = True

filter_apinames = set(["RegSetValueExA", "RegSetValueExW", "RegCreateKeyExA", "RegCreateKeyExW"])

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
Signature.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
self.reg_binary = False

def on_call(self, call, process):
if call["api"] == "RegSetValueExA" or call["api"] == "RegSetValueExW":
buf = self.get_raw_argument(call, "Buffer")
size = self.get_raw_argument(call, "BufferLength")
self.reg_binary = IsPEImage(buf, size)

def on_complete(self):
if self.reg_binary == True:
return True

class CAPE_Extraction(Signature):
name = "Extraction"
description = "Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction"
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