From f331342c1193ff581443a69aa8d1033fc1c7dfec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: S12cybersecurity <79543461+S12cybersecurity@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 21:48:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Create Named_Pipe_Command_Execution_Technique.yar

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+rule Named_Pipe_Command_Execution_Technique
+{
+    meta:
+        author = "0x12 Dark Development"
+        description = "Detects binaries that use Windows named pipes to send/receive commands and execute them (generic detection of technique)"
+        date = "2025-10-23"
+        reference = "Generic detection for named-pipe based command execution / IPC C2 / lateral movement"
+
+    strings:
+        // Windows named-pipe / pipe API (ASCII and wide)
+        $s_CreateNamedPipeA      = "CreateNamedPipeA" wide ascii
+        $s_CreateNamedPipeW      = "CreateNamedPipeW" wide ascii
+        $s_CreateFileA           = "CreateFileA" wide ascii
+        $s_CreateFileW           = "CreateFileW" wide ascii
+        $s_ConnectNamedPipe      = "ConnectNamedPipe" wide ascii
+        $s_ReadFile              = "ReadFile" wide ascii
+        $s_WriteFile             = "WriteFile" wide ascii
+
+        // Security / permission related APIs often used to allow remote access
+        $s_InitSD                = "InitializeSecurityDescriptor" wide ascii
+        $s_SetDacl               = "SetSecurityDescriptorDacl" wide ascii
+
+        // Execution APIs / C runtime execution patterns
+        $s_system_call           = "system(" ascii nocase
+        $s_CreateProcessA        = "CreateProcessA" wide ascii
+        $s_CreateProcessW        = "CreateProcessW" wide ascii
+        $s_ShellExecuteA         = "ShellExecuteA" wide ascii
+        $s_ShellExecuteW         = "ShellExecuteW" wide ascii
+
+        // Common pipe path patterns (ASCII regex; matches \\.\pipe\<name> and UNC \\<ip>\pipe\<name>)
+        $r_pipe_path             = /\\\\(?:\.|[0-9]{1,3}(?:\.[0-9]{1,3}){3}|[A-Za-z0-9\-\_\.]+)\\pipe\\[A-Za-z0-9\-\_\.]+/ ascii
+
+        // Simple keywords also useful
+        $s_dot_pipe              = "\\\\.\\pipe\\" ascii nocase
+        $s_ip_pipe               = "\\\\127.0.0.1\\pipe\\" ascii nocase
+
+    condition:
+        // Require at least one pipe API + (either a pipe path/keyword OR an execution API)
+        (1 of ($s_CreateNamedPipeA, $s_CreateNamedPipeW, $s_CreateFileA, $s_CreateFileW,
+              $s_ConnectNamedPipe, $s_ReadFile, $s_WriteFile))
+        and
+        (
+            any of ($r_pipe_path, $s_dot_pipe, $s_ip_pipe)
+            or
+            1 of ($s_system_call, $s_CreateProcessA, $s_CreateProcessW, $s_ShellExecuteA, $s_ShellExecuteW)
+        )
+}