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+rule DridexStagerShellcodeRoutine
+{
+    meta:
+        description = "Detects Dridex stager shellcode instructions"
+        author      = "Harrison Edwards"
+        date        = "2024-11-13"
+        version     = "4.0"
+        reference   = "manual API resolution + PE header walk pattern"
+
+    strings:
+        // --- Bucket 1: stack frame setup ---
+        // Wildcarded immediate so a different frame size (0x28, 0x30, etc.)
+        // from a recompile doesn't silently break the match.
+        $frame1 = { 48 89 5c 24 08 48 89 74 24 20 57 48 83 ec ?? }
+
+        // --- Bucket 2: conditional branch on edx w/ stack store ---
+        $branch1 = { 48 85 d2 0f 84 ?? ?? ?? ?? 48 89 74 24 ?? }
+
+        // --- Bucket 3: IAT-style resolved-pointer dispatch ---
+        // Wildcard the displacement bytes — these offsets shift whenever
+        // the malware author reorders their resolved-function table.
+        $iat1 = { 8b 4a 08 45 33 c0 ff 97 ?? ?? 00 00 48 ff ce }
+        $iat2 = { 8b 8f ?? ?? 00 00 33 d2 ff 97 ?? ?? 00 00 }
+
+        // --- Bucket 4: post-call result check + buffer clear ---
+        $check1 = { 85 c0 74 ?? 48 83 64 24 ?? 00 }
+
+        // --- Bucket 5: stack buffer lea pair ---
+        $lea1 = { 8d 44 24 ?? 48 8d 54 24 ?? }
+
+        // --- Bucket 6: PE signature validation during manual export walk ---
+        $pecheck = { 81 3e 50 45 00 00 75 ?? }
+
+        // --- Bucket 7 (new): MZ check that typically precedes $pecheck
+        // in the same manual-parsing routine — corroborates bucket 6
+        // instead of trusting one 4-byte constant in isolation.
+        $mzcheck = { 66 81 3? 4d 5a }
+            // cmp word ptr [reg], 0x5a4d  ("MZ")
+
+    condition:
+        uint16(0) != 0x5a4d and            // exclude on-disk PE files; this
+                                            // targets unbacked/shellcode regions
+        filesize < 20KB and                // stagers are small; caps FP surface
+                                            // on large legitimate binaries
+        (
+            ( $pecheck and $mzcheck ) or   // strong corroborated anchor path
+            3 of ($frame1, $branch1, $iat1, $iat2, $check1, $lea1)
+        )
+}