(YARA) Detect VirtualBox Registry Artifacts

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rule VBox_Detection
{
	meta:
		Author = "Thomas Roccia - @fr0gger_ - Unprotect Project"
		Description = "Checks for VBOX Registry Key"
	strings:
		$desc1 = "HARDWARE\\Description\\System" nocase wide ascii
		$desc2 = "SystemBiosVersion" nocase wide ascii
		$desc3 = "VideoBiosVersion" nocase wide ascii

		$data1 = "VBOX" nocase wide ascii
		$data2 = "VIRTUALBOX" nocase wide ascii
		
		$dev1 = "HARDWARE\\DEVICEMAP\\Scsi\\Scsi Port 0\\Scsi Bus 0\\Target Id 0\\Logical Unit Id 0" nocase wide ascii
		$dev2 = "Identifier" nocase wide ascii
		$dev3 = "VBOX" nocase wide ascii

		$soft1 = "SOFTWARE\\Oracle\\VirtualBox Guest Additions"
		$soft2 = "HARDWARE\\ACPI\\DSDT\\VBOX__"
		$soft3 = "HARDWARE\\ACPI\\FADT\\VBOX__"
		$soft4 = "HARDWARE\\ACPI\\RSDT\\VBOX__"
		$soft5 = "SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Services\\VBoxGuest"
		$soft6 = "SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Services\\VBoxService"
		$soft7 = "SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Services\\VBoxMouse"
		$soft8 = "SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Services\\VBoxVideo"

		$virtualbox1 = "VBoxHook.dll" nocase
	        $virtualbox2 = "VBoxService" nocase
        	$virtualbox3 = "VBoxTray" nocase
        	$virtualbox4 = "VBoxMouse" nocase
        	$virtualbox5 = "VBoxGuest" nocase
        	$virtualbox6 = "VBoxSF" nocase
        	$virtualbox7 = "VBoxGuestAdditions" nocase
        	$virtualbox8 = "VBOX HARDDISK"  nocase
        	$virtualbox9 = "VBoxVideo" nocase
		$virtualbox10 = "vboxhook" nocase
		$virtualbox11 = "vboxmrxnp" nocase
		$virtualbox12 = "vboxogl" nocase
		$virtualbox13 = "vboxoglarrayspu" nocase
		$virtualbox14 = "vboxoglcrutil"
		$virtualbox15 = "vboxoglerrorspu" nocase
		$virtualbox16 = "vboxoglfeedbackspu" nocase
		$virtualbox17 = "vboxoglpackspu" nocase
		$virtualbox18 = "vboxoglpassthroughspu" nocase
		$virtualbox19 = "vboxcontrol" nocase

        	// VirtualBox Mac Address
        	$virtualbox_mac_1a = "08-00-27"
        	$virtualbox_mac_1b = "08:00:27"
        	$virtualbox_mac_1c = "080027"	
	condition:
		any of ($desc*) and 
		1 of ($data*) or 
		any of ($dev*) or 
		any of ($soft*) or
		any of ($virtualbox*)
}

Associated Techniques

Technique Name Technique ID's Categories Snippet(s)
Detecting Virtual Environment Artefacts U1332

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Created

June 20, 2022

Last Revised

March 27, 2026