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 = "2026-05-04" 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 = "20260422" malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14" malpedia_version = "20260504" 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 = { 488bc8 4c8975d0 4c03e7 4889442458 e8???????? 85c0 0f840e040000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488bc8 | dec eax // 4c8975d0 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x18], 0x30 // 4c03e7 | dec eax // 4889442458 | add esp, 0x40 // e8???????? | // 85c0 | pop ebp // 0f840e040000 | ret $sequence_1 = { f30f7f0b 4883c310 4883c510 4883ef10 0f1136 4983ef10 0f8577ffffff } // n = 7, score = 100 // f30f7f0b | inc esp // 4883c310 | xor esp, dword ptr [esi + ecx*4 + 0x709b0] // 4883c510 | movzx ecx, byte ptr [ebp - 4] // 4883ef10 | inc esp // 0f1136 | xor esp, dword ptr [esi + ecx*4 + 0x70db0] // 4983ef10 | inc esp // 0f8577ffffff | xor esp, dword ptr [eax + 0x1c] $sequence_2 = { b940000000 418bc0 83e03f 2bc8 48d3cf 488d0d6683fcff 4933f8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // b940000000 | inc ebx // 418bc0 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp + eax*4 + 0x701b0] // 83e03f | inc ecx // 2bc8 | xor edi, dword ptr [ebp + edx*4 + 0x711b0] // 48d3cf | movzx edx, cl // 488d0d6683fcff | movzx ecx, byte ptr [ebp - 0x20] // 4933f8 | inc ecx $sequence_3 = { c3 bad8000000 b901000000 e8???????? 48894308 4885c0 748a } // n = 7, score = 100 // c3 | and edx, edi // bad8000000 | not ecx // b901000000 | inc esp // e8???????? | // 48894308 | or edx, eax // 4885c0 | inc ecx // 748a | and ecx, ecx $sequence_4 = { 4885c0 0f84fa000000 488b4910 4885c9 0f84ed000000 48897c2470 0fb6780d } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4885c0 | or cl, dl // 0f84fa000000 | inc ecx // 488b4910 | sub eax, eax // 4885c9 | shr eax, 8 // 0f84ed000000 | not al // 48897c2470 | inc ecx // 0fb6780d | and al, dl $sequence_5 = { 418bd2 448b64242c 4533ec d1c0 89442424 418bc0 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 418bd2 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0x40], edi // 448b64242c | dec eax // 4533ec | add edi, 0x18 // d1c0 | test ebx, ebx // 89442424 | jne 0x1c36 // 418bc0 | dec esp $sequence_6 = { 498d4e30 e8???????? 8bd8 4c8ba424e0000000 4c8bbc24e8000000 488d4dd7 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 498d4e30 | sar edx, cl // e8???????? | // 8bd8 | jne 0x1215 // 4c8ba424e0000000 | dec eax // 4c8bbc24e8000000 | lea ecx, [edi + 0x68] // 488d4dd7 | dec eax // e8???????? | $sequence_7 = { ffc1 894d60 83f80a 0f8f2a030000 8bf2 8bc6 ffc6 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ffc1 | xor edx, edx // 894d60 | inc ebp // 83f80a | add ecx, edx // 0f8f2a030000 | inc ebp // 8bf2 | or eax, ecx // 8bc6 | inc esp // ffc6 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x80], ecx $sequence_8 = { 488d6c24e0 4881ec20010000 4533ff c744242801000000 44393d???????? 488d3d17340600 0f57c0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488d6c24e0 | mov eax, edx // 4881ec20010000 | inc ecx // 4533ff | not eax // c744242801000000 | inc ecx // 44393d???????? | // 488d3d17340600 | add edi, esi // 0f57c0 | inc ebp $sequence_9 = { 0f8580000000 41be80b2ffff 4c8bbc2498000000 483bafe8000000 488bf3 4c8b6c2458 480f45f5 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 0f8580000000 | inc ecx // 41be80b2ffff | pop ebp // 4c8bbc2498000000 | dec eax // 483bafe8000000 | mov ebp, dword ptr [esp + 0x70] // 488bf3 | dec esp // 4c8b6c2458 | sub esi, esi // 480f45f5 | dec eax condition: 7 of them and filesize < 1032192 }
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