reference-anti-vm-strings-targeting-vmware.yml

rule:
  meta:
    name: reference anti-VM strings targeting VMWare
    namespace: anti-analysis/anti-vm/vm-detection
    author: michael.hunhoff@mandiant.com
    scope: file
    att&ck:
      - Defense Evasion::Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion::System Checks [T1497.001]
    mbc:
      - Anti-Behavioral Analysis::Virtual Machine Detection [B0009]
    references:
      - https://github.com/LordNoteworthy/al-khaser/blob/master/al-khaser/AntiVM/VMWare.cpp
    examples:
      - al-khaser_x86.exe_
  features:
    - or:
      - string: /VMWare/i
      - string: /VMTools/i
      - string: /SOFTWARE\\VMware, Inc\.\\VMware Tools/i
      - string: /vmnet\.sys/i
      - string: /vmmouse\.sys/i
      - string: /vmusb\.sys/i
      - string: /vm3dmp\.sys/i
      - string: /vmci\.sys/i
      - string: /vmhgfs\.sys/i
      - string: /vmmemctl\.sys/i
      - string: /vmx86\.sys/i
      - string: /vmrawdsk\.sys/i
      - string: /vmusbmouse\.sys/i
      - string: /vmkdb\.sys/i
      - string: /vmnetuserif\.sys/i
      - string: /vmnetadapter\.sys/i
      - string: /\\\\.\\HGFS/i
      - string: /\\\\.\\vmci/i
      - string: /vmtoolsd\.exe/i
      - string: /vmwaretray\.exe/i
      - string: /vmwareuser\.exe/i
      - string: /VGAuthService\.exe/i
      - string: /vmacthlp\.exe/i
      - string: /vmci/i
        description: VMWare VMCI Bus Driver
      - string: /vmhgfs/i
        description: VMWare Host Guest Control Redirector
      - string: /vmmouse/i
      - string: /vmmemctl/i
        description: VMWare Guest Memory Controller Driver
      - string: /vmusb/i
      - string: /vmusbmouse/i
      - string: /vmx_svga/i
      - string: /vmxnet/i
      - string: /vmx86/i
      - string: /VMwareVMware/i
      - string: /vmGuestLib\.dll/i