EXPL_Log4j_CallBackDomain_IOCs_Dec21_1_RID3418

YARA detection rule by Florian Roth · CC-BY-NC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Detects IOCs found in Log4Shell incidents that indicate exploitation attempts of CVE-2021-44228

rule EXPL_Log4j_CallBackDomain_IOCs_Dec21_1_RID3418 : CVE_2021_44228 DEMO EXPLOIT FILE {
   meta:
      description = "Detects IOCs found in Log4Shell incidents that indicate exploitation attempts of CVE-2021-44228"
      author = "Florian Roth"
      reference = "https://gist.github.com/superducktoes/9b742f7b44c71b4a0d19790228ce85d8"
      date = "2021-12-12 15:15:51"
      score = 60
      customer = "demo"
      license = "CC-BY-NC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"
      
      tags = "CVE_2021_44228, DEMO, EXPLOIT, FILE"
      minimum_yara = "3.5.0"
      
   strings:
      $xr1 = /\b(ldap|rmi):\/\/([a-z0-9\.]{1,16}\.bingsearchlib\.com|[a-z0-9\.]{1,40}\.interact\.sh|[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}):[0-9]{2,5}\/([aZ]|ua|Exploit|callback|[0-9]{10}|http443useragent|http80useragent)\b/ 
   condition: 
      1 of them
}

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