Pandora ransomware was obtained by vx-underground at 2022-03-14.
rule win_pandora_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.pandora." info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator" tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0" signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.pandora" malpedia_rule_date = "20260105" malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79" malpedia_version = "20251219" malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" /* DISCLAIMER * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator. * The code and documentation is published here: * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given * number of families, only single samples are documented. * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer. * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels. */ strings: $sequence_0 = { 41ffc7 83f81e 0f8f88030000 4885ff 7418 488d47ff 498d04c6 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 41ffc7 | dec esp // 83f81e | sub eax, edi // 0f8f88030000 | dec eax // 4885ff | lea eax, [ebx + 0xf] // 7418 | dec eax // 488d47ff | cmp eax, edi // 498d04c6 | jae 0x98 $sequence_1 = { 7424 838da400000010 448d4710 4c8b0d???????? 488d4c2430 33d2 41ffd1 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 7424 | rol edx, 0xa // 838da400000010 | inc ecx // 448d4710 | mov eax, esi // 4c8b0d???????? | // 488d4c2430 | add eax, 0xffffbb80 // 33d2 | dec esp // 41ffd1 | mov esp, dword ptr [esp + 0x58] $sequence_2 = { 48897c2418 4156 4883ec20 33ff 4533f6 4863df 488d0d88040300 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 48897c2418 | cmp dword ptr [ebx], edi // 4156 | jne 0xca8 // 4883ec20 | dec ebp // 33ff | mov ecx, ebp // 4533f6 | dec eax // 4863df | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x50] // 488d0d88040300 | dec ebp $sequence_3 = { 415e c3 48895c2408 4889742410 57 4883ec20 4c8b5108 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 415e | test esi, esi // c3 | je 0xfa6 // 48895c2408 | inc ecx // 4889742410 | movzx edi, ah // 57 | dec eax // 4883ec20 | lea ecx, [ebx + esi] // 4c8b5108 | dec eax $sequence_4 = { 4c8d45b0 488d55c8 e8???????? 8bd8 85c0 7524 f7de } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4c8d45b0 | test edi, edi // 488d55c8 | mov ebp, eax // e8???????? | // 8bd8 | test eax, eax // 85c0 | jne 0xfc6 // 7524 | dec eax // f7de | lea eax, [edi + esi] $sequence_5 = { 8bcf 44335014 c1e918 0fb6d1 8bce } // n = 5, score = 100 // 8bcf | inc ecx // 44335014 | mov edi, esp // c1e918 | dec esp // 0fb6d1 | mov dword ptr [eax - 0x38], esi // 8bce | inc ebp $sequence_6 = { 498b06 4885c0 0f8432020000 8b4008 ffc8 83f806 0f8724020000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 498b06 | mov ecx, esp // 4885c0 | inc ecx // 0f8432020000 | xor ecx, edx // 8b4008 | inc ecx // ffc8 | and ecx, ebx // 83f806 | inc ecx // 0f8724020000 | xor ecx, esp $sequence_7 = { 488b05???????? 33d2 498bcc ffd0 4c8b642460 4c8b742448 488b7c2440 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488b05???????? | // 33d2 | mov edx, edi // 498bcc | dec eax // ffd0 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x30] // 4c8b642460 | mov ebx, eax // 4c8b742448 | test eax, eax // 488b7c2440 | jne 0x1933 $sequence_8 = { 0bc8 0fb64238 c1e108 0bc8 0fb6423e 440bd0 894c2440 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 0bc8 | inc ecx // 0fb64238 | shr ecx, 8 // c1e108 | inc ebp // 0bc8 | movzx eax, dl // 0fb6423e | inc ecx // 440bd0 | sub eax, eax // 894c2440 | shr eax, 8 $sequence_9 = { 4503d3 418bc6 23c6 41c1c60a 0bf8 4181c34efd53a9 81c7e9766d7a } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4503d3 | sub ebx, eax // 418bc6 | dec eax // 23c6 | mov ecx, eax // 41c1c60a | xor eax, eax // 0bf8 | dec esp // 4181c34efd53a9 | cmp ebx, dword ptr [edi + ebx - 8] // 81c7e9766d7a | setb al condition: 7 of them and filesize < 1032192 }
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