This detection identifies potential malicious or anomalous executable activity matching the specific signature of “vfpexeNcV500WangJianGuo,” which may indicate a targeted deployment of custom tools or unknown binaries within the environment. Although currently flagged with low severity, proactively hunting for this indicator in Azure Sentinel allows the SOC team to validate its legitimacy against known good baselines and prevent potential lateral movement by undetected adversaries before they escalate into higher-severity incidents.
rule vfpexeNcV500WangJianGuo
{
meta:
author="malware-lu"
strings:
$a0 = { 60 E8 00 00 00 00 5D [12] 50 64 FF 35 00 00 00 00 64 89 25 00 00 00 00 CC }
condition:
$a0 at pe.entry_point
}
This YARA rule can be deployed in the following contexts:
This rule contains 1 string patterns in its detection logic.
Here are 4 specific false positive scenarios for the vfpexeNcV500WangJianGuo detection rule, including recommended filters and exclusions:
Scenario: Automated Backup Execution by Veeam
vfpexeNcV500WangJianGuo signature triggers when the Veeam Enterprise Manager service launches its backup engine (Veeam.Backup.Service.exe) which internally invokes a legacy Visual FoxPro (.vfp) component for reporting or metadata processing.Veeam.Backup.Service.exe and restrict the match to the specific directory path C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication Enterprise Manager\.Scenario: Legacy ERP Reporting via Cron Job
ReportGen.vfp) located in the C:\Apps\Finance\Legacy directory to generate PDF summaries for the finance team before business hours begin.C:\Apps\Finance\Legacy\*.vfp and the user context is the dedicated service account svc-finance-reporting.Scenario: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Plugins